https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2023/06/12/finally-got-lucky-with-copulating-black-skimmers/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:16:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2023/06/12/finally-got-lucky-with-copulating-black-skimmers/comment-page-1/#comment-2034896 Wed, 14 Jun 2023 06:44:09 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=86525#comment-2034896 excellent!

]]> https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2023/06/12/finally-got-lucky-with-copulating-black-skimmers/comment-page-1/#comment-2034815 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 21:02:39 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=86525#comment-2034815 Artie, in addition to everything you mentioned, I like how obvious–graphic!, possibly exaggerated by the difference in wing position (but not child abuse ;)–the sexual dimorphism is. I’ve photographed skimmers many times, though not recently, but never realized how much bigger the males are. For me, the OOF bird, though small, is a distraction, while the bits below the female’s wings keep the image real rather than suspiciously clean.

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