Courtship feeding is frequently seen in terns. For instance, in an
effort to lure females to their territories in the nesting area, a
male Saunder's Tern carries a fish around the breeding colony and
displays it to prospective mates. After a pair bond is formed, during
the "honeymoon period" the male tern actually feeds the female, and
soon thereafter they begin to copulate. During the following five to
ten days, both sexes feed themselves, but the male also frequently
feeds the increasingly dependent female. For the few days prior to egg
laying the female is fed almost exclusively by the male, but this
activity declines rapidly as the second and third eggs are laid. Spent
8 days in March 2008 on Pirotan Island - Jamnagar Coast Studying their
Breeding Biology.....
More Images at http://gallery.wildone.in/gallery/birds/terns/saunders-s-tern-sternula-saundersi
Taken at Jamnagar - Gujarat - India in March 2008
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