Eared Grebe Family
by Judi Dressler
Title
Eared Grebe Family
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
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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August 24th, 2022
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Comments (9)
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2022 Featured Image Archive Discussion"!
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2022 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!!
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous family photograph of Eared Grebes with great timing, pose, and composition, Judi! F/L
Dawn Currie
Congratulations! This fine image of an identified wild bird is among the features for 8/27/2022! Thank you for sharing with the Wild Birds of the World - A Nature Photography Group. Please take a moment to add it to the August 2022 Features discussion for additional visibility.
Nancy Carol Photography
Well done! .... and thank you for sharing with us your wonderful work of art that has been proudly presented on the Home Page of the group, 'ART FOR PASSION - PASSION FOR ART'. If you wish, you may archive it permanently or promote it further in the Discussions Tabs titled, "July Aug Sept 2022 Features."