Common Tern After the Plunge

I was at our lake property on a crisp, clear, early September day. There was no wind and the lake was still. I started to hear plunging sounds in the water. I went to the shore to investigate. These Common Terns were having a good time diving for minnows. They would not go down further than their body length and then pop up out of the water to gain altitude and dive all over again.

Stay tuned for more as I process them. They were very difficult to track and capture but I got used to their aerial tactics after several observations and could anticipate when they were going to dive.