A Snack for Eared Grebe Babies
by Judi Dressler
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A Snack for Eared Grebe Babies
Artist
Judi Dressler
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Photograph - Photography
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Eared Grebe family, with babies on mama's back, while dad brings little tid-bits of food to feed the babies.
I was thrilled to see and photograph this little family of Eared Grebes! In previous years at this small lake, coots had eaten all the eggs of the grebes, so there were no babies. Aren't those babies just about the cutest things you've ever seen? Dad was so busy diving for food and bringing it, it seemed to be every minute, and those little ones snarfed up everything he brought, from tiny fish to worms to snails and more. And when they were tired, the little ones snuggled up under mom's feathers.
In the summer months, golden wisps fan out from the cheeks of Eared Grebes as they dance and run across the water courting. They breed in colonies in shallow wetlands in western North America and head by the hundreds and thousands to salty inland waters to feast on brine shrimp before heading farther south. In winter, they lose the golden wisps, turning gray and white.
Photo taken in Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado, on August 6, 2022
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