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I have never seen this kind of bird at our beach before, they must be just visiting. (Identified as caspian tern, thanks to Maggie)

[Maggie]

Super shot. These look like Caspian terns, Kali. There are estimated to be about 1400 breeding pairs in NZ so that makes them quite rare.I have not seen any up our way though we have other sorts of smaller terns here.

[Dyan Stevens]

Fantastic capture! Love those orange beaks.

[kali]

@snaphappi yes Maggie, i think you are right! first time i have noticed them here.

[Graeme Stevens]

Excellent shot

[Annie D]

love them - great image Kali

[Swillin' Billy Flynn]

I do like a nice gull shot....... love their bright red beakstick.

[Sondra Sarra]

Awesome shot.

[Claes]

Nice shot - birds are crystal clear with blurry fore- and background, I still haven-t been able to make my camera do that ;-)

[Stephanie Swift]

One of them looks very talkative! Striking birds, and I love your dof, fav for me.

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful capture

[Disha Parekh]

What a wonderful capture! I love their red beaks, Fav

[Yao RL]

They must have been sucking blood out of somewhere.

[Lesley Chisholm]

The colours really pop. Nicely captured.

[Caroline]

Hahaha your title goes perfectly with this! Funny you had visitors :)