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20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
The lost breakfast

In summer, Forster's Terns would arrive to this lake and feed on anchovies as their main diet; this Tern would catch a fish along with some seaweed; in the process of releasing the weed, she also dropped the fish; she aptly dived after the fish to retrieve it successfully in the end

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Mountain View CA, California, United States of America
Camera: ILCE-9
Copyright: © don vu