Little Tern feeding fledgling in the water

Posted by BESG on 21 January 09, Wednesday
Contributed by Dr Johathan Cheah Weng Kwong

In August 2007 Dr Johathan Cheah Weng Kwong was at Kranji where the chicks from the breeding colony of Little Terns (Sterna albifrons) had just fledged.

There is an earlier account of adults feeding the chicks, which took place on land, near the nesting site.

The series of images Jonathan is sharing with us (above, clockwise from top left) show an adult feeding a fledgling in the water. Once the fledgling got hold of the fish, it swam away and flew off the water. Obviously this is a further learning stage for the juvenile, where feeding is done in the water, a prelude to teaching the latter to catch its own fish.

Related Posts:

Black-naped Tern feeding chick In May 2008 Willis documented the difficulties Black-naped Terns (Sterna... Babbler feeding Drongo Cuckoo fledgling It is always pleasant to see an adult bird... Collared Scops Owl feeding fledgling Lee Tiah Khee was with KC one dark night... Pacific Swallow feeding fledgling The nest of the Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica) is... Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker feeding fledgling “The Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker, also known as the Brown-capped Woodpecker... Silver-eared Mesia feeding fledgling Roger Moo a.k.a. Cactus400D caught sight of this adult... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Email Post

Categories: Nesting

No comments yet.

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

Website

XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Anti-spam word: (Required)*
To prove you're a person (not a spam script), type the security word shown in the picture. Click on the picture to hear an audio file of the word.