Fairy Tern Courtship feeding - WildLight Photography

Fairy Tern Courtship feeding

tony
March 22, 2020
biology / birds / New Zealand

Photo showing a Fairy Tern in flight carrying a fish back to his mate — Fairy Tern returning with his offering

Blog posts are unfortunately going to have to take a back seat to my day work at present so may be brief and intermittent.

Photo showing a Fairy Tern landing near his partner with his offering — Landing with his prize.

This post is a sequence of images showing Fairy Tern courtship feeding. A year previously when I had worked with this young male he was a bachelor but this year had found a mate so I got a few opportunities to record courtship feeding.

Photo showing Fairy Tern offering a fish to his partner — Fairy Tern offering a fish to his partner

Photo showing a Fairy Tern giving a fish to his partner — Offering accepted

Fish transfer complete

Photo showing a Fairy Tern standing tall after a successful feeding. — Standing tall after a successful feeding.

Photos with Nikon D850 and Nikon 500mm f5.6PF lens

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Tags: bird, bird behaviour, bird in flight, bird photography, birds, courtship feeding, endangered bird, Fairy Tern, New Zealand, New Zealand bird