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Fast Food

Caspian Tern 8820

 

This is the third of a nine shot sequence taken in one second. The strike was out of focus but the rest of the shots were sharp. By the sixth frame the Tern had swallowed the fish. Well within one second the Tern had struck successfully and swallowed it’s prey. Often the Tern will fly with the catch and flip it mid-air to catch it in a more easily position to swallow. In this case it was extremely fast food.

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Uploaded on July 19, 2020
Taken on July 13, 2020