Monday in Nature 5 July 2021

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Bald Eagle over the dunes, somewhere along the Oregon coast, summer 2017.

Caspian Tern with catch. They dive to catch small fishes, and these terns are quick to swallow their catch. I was using a Nikon D500 shooting at 10 fps. A couple of frames after this image, the tern had already reposition the fish, head first into the beak. Another frame later, the fish disappeared. All happened in mid air.