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all the beautiful seabirds inhabiting our tropical islands, these Fairy
Terns, or Chungi in Chamorro, are my absolute favorites. They have
brilliant white feathers and shiny black eyes which give them such a cute,
fairy-like appearance. You can often see them gliding gracefully
near the seashore, or perched in the Ironwood (Pine) trees. sometimes
they fly in formation with groups of five or six of them together, chirping
happily as if they had not a single care in the world. |
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Photo
and text by Larry Lee.
Born and raised in rural
Hawaii, Larry grew up spending much of his time outdoors fishing, surfing,
hiking and exploring. After receiving a B.S. degree in Biology from
Oregon State University, he served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in a
rural village in Palawan province in |
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Philippines. Since 1983, he has been living and traveling in the
Asia/Pacific region, working in the Philippines, Hong Kong at a private
resort, teaching English in Japan, and captaining a sportfishing charter
boat in Alaska. He then moved to Saipan with his wife Winnie in 1989.
He worked for two years with the CNMI Dept. of Natural Resources in developing
environmental education programs and then transferred to a local full-service
advertising agency. In 1994, he started his own advertising/design
company specializing in marketing, advertising, graphic design and photography.
He was awarded the CNMI Governor’s Award for Outstanding Visual Artist
in 1997. In September 2000, he began working as the Marketing and
Public Relations Manager at the Northern Marianas College. He has
two children and resides with his family in Papago. |
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