Royal Terns, Sterna maxima, Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, flying straight towards the camera. There must have been a thousand birds up in the air cutting hairpin turns in unison! This giant flock flew right over my head (thankfully not leaving any gifts on my baseball hat) and out over the ocean where they turned and bobbed over the waves. I cropped this photo so you can see the details of the individual birds although it doesn't have the same effect as the original photo which captured hundreds of birds flying directly at the camera!
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