{"id":11947,"date":"2020-03-22T08:16:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T19:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=11947"},"modified":"2021-01-17T16:14:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T03:14:16","slug":"fairy-tern-courtship-feeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/11947","title":{"rendered":"Fairy Tern Courtship feeding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTern-D85_6192-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo showing a Fairy Tern in flight carrying a fish back to his mate\" class=\"wp-image-11949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTern-D85_6192-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTern-D85_6192-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTern-D85_6192-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Fairy Tern returning with his offering<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Blog posts are unfortunately going to have to take a back seat to my day work at present so may be brief and intermittent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6202-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo showing a Fairy Tern landing near his partner with his offering\" class=\"wp-image-11950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6202-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6202-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6202-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Landing with his prize.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6203-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo showing Fairy Tern offering a fish to his partner\" class=\"wp-image-11951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6203-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6203-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6203-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Fairy Tern offering a fish to his partner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6204-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo showing a Fairy Tern giving a fish to his partner\" class=\"wp-image-11952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6204-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6204-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6205-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Fish transfer complete<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6210-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo showing a Fairy Tern standing tall after a successful feeding.\" class=\"wp-image-11954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6210-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6210-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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