Page 3: Least Terns...Truly, the art of courtship in a material world.
<Sign of courtship: Male Least Tern with Sardine size fish in beak behind a female in shallow beach water>
<Courtship continued: male Least Tern mounting the female which, head turned up, accepts the little sign of affection.>
<Courtship is succeeding... Male Least Turn, wings spread wide,  now fully mounted, little fish no longer visible.>
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