Onychoprion fuscatus (Sooty Tern - egg) - Seychelles

            Bird Island Sooty Tern breeding site, Seychelles, Several hundred thousand Sooty Terns nest at this site and it is truly amazing, the noise and all the action. constant motion, there is a raised platform at the edge of the colony from which I took this shot after the parent took off to go fishing, no birds were disturbed to get this photo.
   

Taken in: Seychelles / Baie Ste. Anne / Bird Island Airport (show map)

Taken on: June 6, 2018

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Camera: Canon EOS 7D, f/5.6, 1/1600 sec, 300mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	300mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
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