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Elegant Tern Feeding Its Young

In a colony of hundreds of elegant terns, it's difficult to find ones youngster among them. Some of juveniles were trained by flying away from the flock so that the parent can drop down to feed without getting harassed by other terns. The speed of the fish exchange from the adult to the youngster is blazingly fast. I was really happy to have gotten this shot with the morning sun and the reflection.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Moss Landing, California, United States of America
Copyright: © Susan Cheung