Nice hat!
Mrs Grebe saw & heard me approach but for once I had the camera ready and so was fast enough to get this view of her crest fully raised as she turned her head towards me. Edwardian ladies thought this wonderful crest should decorate their hats, rather than the birds’ heads. The grebes were hunted almost to extinction to satisfy this vanity.
Wild birds nesting at the University of York, UK.
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Clive
Picture perfect Jesika, what a capture, perfect timing
PrairieRose
Ohhhhhhhhhh MY!!!!
How exquisite indeed….................
MARVELOUS capture Lady J….................... xo
shaneran
What a beautiful bird !! wonderful capture !!
H M Bascom
Awesome shot! She seems to be warning you off from approaching her nest.
Kasey Cline
WOW J, this is soooo cool. Love the look she looks started! Very well captured!!!
Hawker
Brilliant capture Jesika, You’re catching up with me on Grebe shots LOL
jujubean
Wow!! What a stunning catch!!!!
FelicityB
Great shot!!
kathy s gillen...
excellent capture
Donna Adamski
So cool looking….fabulous capture Jesika :)
Trevor Needham
Majestic, Jesika. You caught her at exactly the right moment.
Lance Leopold
She’s beautiful,Jesika.
Bunny Clarke
What an amazing capture! She is gorgeous! Superbly done.
robmac
A stunning shot Jesika beautiful
David Clark
this is too great—and great info to go with it – unfortunately that mentality has not vanished and birds are still treated as disposable itmes – I don’t think our grebes here will ever be this cool – dave
janfoster
great shot : )
FlowersEtc
Congratulation’s on your feature in the I Love Birds group
brian pendrey
brilliant capture awesome
Tom Newman
Great capture Jesika superb detail :-)
Tom Newman
Congratulations on your feature also :-)
Malcolm Chant
This is surely a stunning capture & well your feature.
Congratulations
Cheri Bouvier
Wonderful capture, what a great image!!!
Daniela Weil
Wow, beautiful!!
Dawne Olson
Incredible creature and really great information you included!
Lois Bryan
sweetie, i can’t believe I’ve missed seeing this one!!!!!! Gorgeous, gorgeous capture … wow … talk about TIMING!!!!! A completely amazing image!!!!!!
paolo1955
stunning capture! beautiful view!
CarolM
Fantastic capture. I didn’t know that they had a crest like this. Beautiful.
Paola Svensson
Beautiful capture and the colors are great. Well done.
Dave & Trena P...
beautiful!!
Renee Dawson
What a beautiful bird. I did not know that act…how horrid!
Renee Dawson
oops…’fact’ about the hunting for hats.
jdmphotography
This image would also be very welcome in the Eye Contact Group
Normf
Fantastic Jesika. Great shot of a great bird!
annalisa56
Fantastic !!!
Angel Gold
Lovely work:>))
Vanessa Anderberg
Great capture:)
kittyrodehorst
FANTASTIC, Jesika!!! :-)
Rick & Deb Larson
OMG … this is so CUTE … and talk about perfect timing!! (Great info too, never knew that hat feathers came from the crests of Grebes). Take Care ~ Rick & Deb ~ :)
Virginia N. Fred
Congratulations
Mariann Rea
Wonderful image and congrats for the feature! I have been trying to get close to these birds but they live in between the reeds and I have not been able to get close enough
ronaldok555
Congrats on the feature, nice shot!
shararat
Perfect timing…you always open your eyes wide…grt
Marita Sutherlin
“Yes, mon beautiful new chapeau, the latest from the Swamps Elysees”...:)...seriously though, a very sad story
so much damage to the animal kingdom done in the name of human vanity! I’ve never seen such a bird beforelets leave the feathers on the bird. Hope they make a full recovery! maritajesika
Thank you for this, Marita. You’ll be delighted to learn that Great Crested Grebes made a full recovery. WW1 put an end to frivolous fashions! Sadly not ALL stories have such a happy ending…
j
Skye Hensley
This is FaNtAsTiC! Such a pretty subject!