Royal Tern mating behaviors

First step was yesterday with the male bring in a fish. Second step is he finds a receptive female and gives her the fish. Mating may or may not then take place (sometimes she just flys away).

[Shirley]

Great capture.....looks like a good match ! FAV !!

[Mags]

Oh my gosh! What a shot!

[Yoland]

Awesome!

[Asli]

Amazing capture!

[Diana]

Such an awesome capture!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture.

[Kitty Hawke]

haha....hope she nicks the fish first before flying away !!!

[The Dog Lady]

such a wonderful picture

[Steve Jacob]

Lovely camera angle and capture

[Virginia Stapleton]

Wonderful capture

[Beryl Lloyd]

Superb timing and capture !

[Bep]

Fav!

[Joan Robillard]

Sort of like running away with the diamond

[carol white]

A fabulous capture.Fav😊

[Cheryl]

Fabulous shot. Fave

[Nina Ganci]

wonderful capture of this romantic duo!
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[Anja]

Awesome capture

[Carole Sandford]

Fantastic capture!

[Monica]

Great shot - I like their hairdos

[Peter]

Fantastic detail, light and colours Bill, Fav:)

[Jacqueline]

This is so beautiful!

[Bill]

Such a good crisp shot. Love the ritual. My wife just laughed when I told her that sometimes the female just flies off with the fish.

[Diane]

Super shot! Love your account of their mating ritual as well.

[haskar]

Wow! Fav.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Terrific shot

[narayani]

How ungrateful! 😂 fabulous capture

[Kat]

Fantastic capture

[Anne Pancella]

Amazing shot.

[sarah]

So amazing

[KazzaMazoo]

Oh this is fabulous.

[Carrie Shepeard]

Awesome shot. The clarity, lighting and detail is perfect

[LManning (Laura)]

Wonderful shot!

[sheri]

Wow, spectacular.

[Rick]

Wow, amazing capture.

[Terri]

Wow!

[Lois]

Fantastic capture!

[Issi Bannerman]

Brilliant.

[Kathy A]

Wow!

[Margo]

Interesting

[Donna Holder]

Gorgeously clear

[Ingrid]

Ahh sharing is caring! Fav!

[Allison Williams]

Perfect capture!

[Wylie]

I took pics of this behaviour a couple of years ago. I always wondered what it was about! fav

[Harry J Benson]

Nice

[Maxine Lathbury]

Totally stunning

[Lynn]

Fantastic capture

[John]

Excellent!

[eDorre]

Terrific!

[Elizabeth]

Love this!

[Merrelyn]

Great timing.

[Margaret Brown]

Wonderful timing, fav

[GaryW]

Amazing focus!

[Vesna]

Excellent!

[Caroline]

Great capture.

[CC Folk]

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