The strikingly-colored Black Skimmer is named for its method of feeding on the fly by scooping food off the water’s surface with its unique longer lower mandible.
Lake Okeechobee, FL
April 6, 2005 ©John Schwarz
Lake Okeechobee, FL
April 6, 2005 ©John Schwarz
Fort DeSoto Park, St. Petersburg Beach, FL
April, 2006 ©John Schwarz
Lake Okeechobee, FL
April 6, 2005 ©John Schwarz
Flamingo, Everglades NP, FL
February 13, 2012©John Schwarz
Flamingo, Everglades NP, FL
February 13, 2012©John Schwarz
Mecox Inlet, Bridgehampton, NY
August 22, 2013©John Schwarz
Mecox Inlet, Bridgehampton, NY
August 22, 2013©John Schwarz
Mecox Inlet, Bridgehampton, NY
August 22, 2013©John Schwarz
Mecox Inlet, Bridgehampton, NY
August 22, 2013©John Schwarz
Mecox Inlet, Bridgehampton, NY
August 22, 2013©John Schwarz
Mecox Inlet, Bridgehampton, NY
August 22, 2013©John Schwarz
Mecox Inlet, Bridgehampton, NY
August 22, 2013©John Schwarz
Mecox Inlet, Bridgehampton, NY
August 22, 2013©John Schwarz
Mecox Inlet, Bridgehampton, NY
August 22, 2013©John Schwarz
Mecox Inlet, Bridgehampton, NY
August 22, 2013©John Schwarz
Mecox Inlet, Bridgehampton, NY
August 22, 2013©John Schwarz
Mecox Inlet, Bridgehampton, NY
August 22, 2013©John Schwarz