Terns are particularly lovely in flight… or when hovering, intently.
The pictured individual is a Caspian tern, I think; s/he was our post-lunch highlight at Cottesloe yesterday.
Some Caspian terns are migratory, and fly vast distances – to/from from places far north and far south of the equator.
Australia’s Caspian terns, however, are residents; they are the biggest of “our” terns and they are widespread.
Having inflicted upon you an unforgivable pun, I attempt to make amends with a “live” television duet from 1966.
Pete Seeger wrote the song in the 1950s and the Byrds had the hit version in the 1960s, but most of its words were authored thousands of years earlier.
If you do not already know this song’s rich history, click here.
For the next several weeks I may or not be able to post anything on Pelican Yoga; if it does prove possible, any posts will be brief…but will likely involve animals who neither visit Australia, nor reside here.
My thanks to a good friend who alerted me to the Collins-Seeger duet, after I’d stumbled upon/shared this uncanny performance: