Common Tern Fishing at the Lake

I noticed the common terns fishing at the lake again now that the water level is full.

They have an interesting strategy for fishing, they zoom around the lake high above the water looking down for a fish to dive bomb.

Once they notice the fish they hover in place for a while mid-air to align themselves before a straight down dive bomb.

Zoom ---- splash! they hit the water like a bullet.

They have about a 30% success rate in actually catching a fish. Here's one that emerged out of the water without a fish.

Here's one that was successful. If there are more than one tern at the lake they like to have aerial battles for the fish.

They zoom around with their fish and have to swallow it whole mid-air before another tern steals it.

At first glance they sort of look like a seagull but they have a much larger beak and have a black cap on their head. Their dive bombing fish method is pretty unique as well.

That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)