{"id":11964,"date":"2020-03-29T08:12:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T19:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=11964"},"modified":"2021-01-17T16:13:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T03:13:10","slug":"another-fairy-tern-courtship-feeding-sequence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/11964","title":{"rendered":"Another Fairy Tern Courtship Feeding sequence"},"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\/FairyTerns-D85_6130-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6130-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6130-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6130-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Fairy Tern landing with his offering for his young mate<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Following on from last week&#8217;s post illustrating <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Fairy Tern courtship feeding (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/2020\/03\/fairy-tern-courtship-feeding\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fairy Tern courtship feeding<\/a>, this is another sequence of the young pair at Waipu from November 2019. 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6134-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6134-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6134-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6134-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/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_6143-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6143-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6143-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6143-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/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_6146-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6146-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6146-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FairyTerns-D85_6146-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos with Nikon D850 and Nikon 500mm f5.6PF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Fairy Tern courtship feeding sequence from 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