Purple heron, whiskered tern fly together

This 5 August 2016 photo is by brenneberry from the Netherlands.

It shows a purple heron and a whiskered tern flying together.

Purple herons are fairly rare in the Netherlands; a few hundred nesting couples. While whiskered terns are very rare.

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