Stand-off

There's a little drama being played out here (re 9.30 this evening). The dot at the top of the pole is one of the terns, and he's waiting for the heron to catch something. If that happens, he will be in there - we've seen this a few times lately. He won't dive aggressively or even mob the heron, but he will fly in close and make himself sufficiently annoying for the heron to possibly take his eye off the ball and drop his catch. On this particular occasion, the heron decided to take his chances elsewhere.