Aquatic Birds

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It's a Tough World Out There

Both juveniles watch as one parent walks further away with that fish & the other parent flies a short distance away. I believe the parents are trying to encourage the children to forage for their own food. And demonstrating what to look for.
Interior Least Tern (Sternula antillarum ssp. athalassos)

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