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This Caspian Tern landed with his freshly caught meal while being pursued by a fellow tern.
Showing his less than friendly face, he encouraged the other tern to give up its fish.
Which he did, without much of a fight.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tern Bully
I witnessed an incident of Tern bullying as I was leaving the wetlands this evening.
This Caspian Tern landed with his freshly caught meal while being pursued by a fellow tern.
Showing his less than friendly face, he encouraged the other tern to give up its fish.
Which he did, without much of a fight.
This Caspian Tern landed with his freshly caught meal while being pursued by a fellow tern.
Showing his less than friendly face, he encouraged the other tern to give up its fish.
Which he did, without much of a fight.
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ReplyDeleteindeed!
Deletehaha! That's cool, Tammy! Right place at the right time and you got it! That's a pretty sizable meal, too.
ReplyDeleteThat was definitely a moment of opportunity as we were leaving and they happened to land right in front of us! Thank you!
DeleteWoops, the fight is on. Great pictures.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bob!
DeleteHola Tammy tu como siempre con tus bonitas fotografias,por lo que veo vives en una zona que es un paraiso para las aves y cuanta variedad hay que suerte no poder tenerlo yo aqui en España.Un abrazo
ReplyDeleteHola Antonio! ¡Gracias! Se muestra una maravillosa variedad de aves en su blog, siempre photoraphed perfectamente! Me gustan todas las aves que tenemos aquí, que tiene como el clima cálido como yo:)
DeleteInteresting behaviour there Tammy, as if there's already an understanding there between the two birds.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking that maybe they were mates, and one does all the work, haha!
DeleteVaya momento has captado Tammy, es increíble que se pueda tragar ese pez tan grande. Me encanta la luz de tus fotos.
ReplyDeleteUn saludo!!
Hola Ramon! Me sorprendió también que podría comer un pez tan grande, probablemente sólo necesita uno de esos al día! ¡Gracias!
DeleteWonderful action images Tammy!
ReplyDeleteThank you Mia!
DeleteGreat captures !
ReplyDeleteCaspian Terns feed their young for about half a year after the chicks fledge, perhaps the kid tern has lost its manners?
ReplyDeleteThat would seem to make the most sense! I didn't know they fed their young for that long!
DeleteLeading me to think that the saying should be altered to read, "the early tern surrenders its fish." Nice series. Poor bird. Someone needs to read the other tern the story of the little red hen!
ReplyDeleteThat's funny Kathie!
DeleteGreat shots Tammy, it's great to watch the behaviour of birds and nice to see them sharing so readily!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Alan! It's definitely always interesting to wath their behavior, you never know what to expect!
DeleteThat was a big fish, but he seemed to swallow it easily! Your Island blog is very lovely!
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