ocr: COURTSHIP FEEDING - D URING partner a gift COURISHIP, of food. some male Courtship birds give feeding their only occurs in birds that form long-term pairs, such as terns and many songbirds. It helps to defuse the temale's instinctive aggression toward the male. EDIBLE GIFT A male COMMON tern presents his mate with B small fish. Later, he MALE FISH will bring food to their young. à FEMALE IN NON- Lal - AGGRESSIVE POSTURE