{"id":21376,"date":"2025-07-07T08:13:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T12:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=21376"},"modified":"2025-07-07T08:13:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T12:13:31","slug":"fish-from-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=21376","title":{"rendered":"Fish from heaven!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"21375\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=21375\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc04569-1.jpg?fit=1557%2C1154&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1557,1154\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-6700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1751621837&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dsc04569-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc04569-1.jpg?fit=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc04569-1.jpg?fit=904%2C670&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc04569-1.jpg?resize=904%2C670&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-21375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc04569-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C759&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc04569-1.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc04569-1.jpg?resize=768%2C569&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc04569-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1138&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc04569-1.jpg?resize=904%2C670&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dsc04569-1.jpg?w=1557&amp;ssl=1 1557w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Least Tern: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, July 2025 \u2014 The Least Terns are apparently feeding chicks now. They hide really well so I have not seen one yet\u2026but I have not gotten close enough to really look. I could not figure out was all the \u201ccourting\u201d behavior meant\u2026males offering fish\u2026until I looked it up this morning. The chicks are fed on regurgitated fish, so the only way for a male to feed is offspring is to offer the fish to his mate\u2026or do the job himself. I think maybe the hope, among the males, that they might get lucky again has something to do with it too\u2026and that, as they say, is how the species survives. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds and wildlife modifications. 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