Birdwatching - 1977🐦

🦉 The common tern (Sterna hirundo)

• Sterna stearn, starn (Old English) tern
• hirundo (Latin) swallow

These graceful birds with sharp shapes constantly fly over the city river. They arrive late, around mid-May. And apparently, the city river in my city serves as a “hunting ground” for them, because these birds nest in colonies, which I have not seen within the city.

Their hunting method is interesting. This is a search flight at an altitude of several meters. And seeing the prey, the bird hovers quickly, fluttering its wings, then quickly dives and dives under the water for the fish.