Familiar Studies of Wild Birds 



fly low; with it, high. The food is either fed 

 to the young, or laid down for them to pick up. 

 An adult will sometimes coax a young tern 

 that is near you to what it considers a safer 

 location by walking backward with a fish in 

 its bill, keeping just out of reach of its hungry 

 pursuer. 



When one has watched their graceful turns 

 and darts as they plunge into the ocean, it is 

 realized what an important element the terns 

 are in any seaside landscape. 



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