Tern Catching Fish in the Air

Tern Catching Fish in the Air
Tern Catching Fish in the Air


The Common Terns are visiting Israel the beginning of the summer. Observing them catching fish is incredible. They fly over the waters, then plunge in, and more often than not, emerge from the water with a fish in their beak. Trouble is, other terns then tend to fight the successful one for the fish she just caught! This can lead to the fish being dropped, at times, and then they try to re-catch it in the air. Like this photo shows. Note that the Tern is still completely wet so it's spreading waterdrops all around...



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