Whilst birding the Jubail area in late-June I came across a few different terns flying around. Most birds were White-cheeked Terns which breed on the nearby offshore islands, but there were at least five Caspian Terns. This is another local breeder, but they breed earlier than White-cheeked Tern. Numbers of Caspian Terns build up in the summer and up to 300 have been seen together in previous years. A flock of about twenty Gull-billed Terns flew over at one point and a few Little Terns were feeding along the edge of the Sabkha. I spent quite a lot of time trying to get reasonable shots of the flying birds, but it is not easy to get them in focus and try to get catchlight in their eyes to make them look alive. Below are a few of my best efforts.
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| Caspian Tern |
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| Caspian Tern |
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| Caspian Tern |
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| Caspian Tern |
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| Caspian Tern |
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| Caspian Tern |
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| Caspian Tern |
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| Gull-billed Tern |
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| Little Tern |
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| Little Tern |
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| Little Tern |
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| White-cheeked Tern |
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| White-cheeked Tern |
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| White-cheeked Tern |
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| White-cheeked Tern |