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Little Tern mating


Little Tern mating
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Copyright: Tasos Bounas (tasos) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 13 W: 0 N: 18] (191)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-05
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 170-500mm APO
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/2500 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-05-06 13:18
Viewed: 467
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is a little tern (Sterna albifrons).
Breeds on sandy or shingle beaches. It lays two to four eggs on the ground. Like all white terns, it is defensive of its nest and young and will attack intruders.

Like most other white terns, the Little Tern feeds by plunge-diving for fish, usually from saline environments. The offering of fish by the male to the female is part of the courtship display.

The little tern is strongly migratory, wintering in the subtropical and tropical oceans as far south as South Africa and Australia.

F 6.3
1/2500
ISO 200

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great "action"-shot of the private moment in the tern-life! :-) i hope they were successfull and there will be some little terns.
excellent composition and wonderful low pov with terrific details. well done & best wishes, thor.

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