10/18/21

Little Terns in courtship

Little Terns during courtship and mating. I got to spend quite a few days together with this special bird and watch as close as possible their courtship and mating ceremony. The male takes care of bringing the female a small fish, if she agrees to mate with the male she will get the fish. After mating, the male makes sure to bring more and more fish to the female, to show his ability to take care of the chicks that will come to get food. Great fun and very exciting to watch it up close. All the videos were shot using a floating hide, most of them with the Nikon Z9 and the new 600mm lens

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