Grebe
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A very shy and elusive bird that normally keeps away from humans.
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Note the chick riding on it’s mothers back.
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fuut
by jo beerensFuut is the Dutch word for Great Crested Grebe / / Have a look at my other photos. For example: / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Or browse through one of my categories flower / poppy / water / leaf / other / reflection / macro / insect / dragonfly
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This little guy has the look of an ET!
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Devon, UK
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Great Crested Grebe…...... Taken at Hinchingbrooke Park Huntingdon Cambridgeshire England.. A delightfully elegant waterbird with ornate head plumes which led to its being hunted for its feathers, almost leading to its extermination from the UK. They dive to feed and also to escape, preferring this to flying. On land they are clumsy because their feet are placed so far back on their bodies. They have an elaborate courtship display in which they rise out of the water and shake their heads.
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Great Crested Grebe wit young
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Great Crested Grebe with young
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Great Crested Grebe
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Best viewed large. Little Grebe – Tachybaptus ruficollis. Devon. UK Adapted from Michael J Seago – http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide/little-grebe.asp Smallest of the grebes, the little grebe, or dabchick, is considerably rounder and more dumpy than its congeners. But it is the absence of tail and the habit of fluffing-up feathers at the rear end which provide such a blunt stern. Little grebes breed on ponds, small lakes and meres, flooded gravel pits and beet factory settling ponds. Frost drives them to the coast, but the birds also visit estuaries, tidal gutters and the lower reaches of Broadland rivers for food, independently of weather. Little grebes are persistent divers, either slipping below without surface disturbance or with a vigorous jump, creating a shower with lobed feet. Dives may last half a minute or the birds may reappear immediately. If alarmed, a dabchick will submerge until only its head remains above water. Unlike other grebes, dabchicks are rarely observed at sea. Little grebes begin returning to breeding stations during March. The floating nest is a large collection of weeds, mostly brought from underwater. Several platforms are built before one is completed as a nest. At times there is fierce spring-time rivalry, the male little grebes water-kicking, splash-diving and skidding across the water with necks extended, followed by underwater attacks. In full combat, rivals rise breast to breast in vertical posture, attacking with feet and stabbing with bills. Courtship may continue on moonlit nights. Little grebe breeding range extends right across central and southern Europe as far as southern Sweden and the Baltic States. Birds on the northern fringe, where there is regular winter freezing of rivers and lakes, need to migrate southward each autumn.
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Great Crested Grebe nesting at the University of York. / Girlies had taken me Grebe hunting today and I was delighted to find a second nest, this one quite close to the edge of the lake and reasonably accessible through a bramble patch. Happily, this nest is well within the reach of my camera & tele-extender lens. / Mrs Grebe was somewhat disturbed by 2 Canada geese battling near her nest, but made no attempt to leave her eggs. / 040409 / Sony H50 contrast saturation gamma photofilter, dodge surrounding bird PSE7 / 040409 Nice hat This sky where we live / Is no place to lose your wings. / So love, love, love. / Hafiz حافظ Human beings are members of a whole, / In creation of one essence and soul. / If one member is afflicted with pain, / Other members uneasy will remain. / If you have no sympathy for human pain, / The name of human you cannot retain. / Saadi “Of one Essence is the human race, / thus has Creation put the base; / One Limb impacted is sufficient / For all Others to feel the Mace ” / —Saadi (1184–1283) “There is only one sacred manuscript, the sacred manuscript of Nature, which alone can enlighten the reader.” Hazrat Inayat Khan All profits from my sales will be donated to Butterfly Conservation. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images and writing are copyright © jesika 2005-2009. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. picasaweb
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Great Crested Grebe feeding its freshly hatched chick feathers, this is supposed to protect the stomach of the chick for the first few days of its life
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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. / 240409 / Sony H50 native lens crop PSE4 filter disposablewarmwashblurdodge / 240409 Mummy grebe This sky where we live / Is no place to lose your wings. / So love, love, love. / Hafiz حافظ Human beings are members of a whole, / In creation of one essence and soul. / If one member is afflicted with pain, / Other members uneasy will remain. / If you have no sympathy for human pain, / The name of human you cannot retain. / Saadi All profits from my sales will be donated to Butterfly Conservation. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images and writing are copyright © jesika 2005-2009. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.
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Taken with a Canon 50D, Canon 100 – 400 L series lens @ 400mm, F5.6 shutter speed 1/800 second ISO200, edited in Photoshop This shot was taken at the Loch of Lowes rspb centre in Scotland. Last time we were here we had an Osprey hovering above our heads for about 20 minutes looking for fish, this time the Ospreys were more illusive! The Great Crested Grebe is 46-51 cm long with a 59-73 cm wingspan. It is an excellent swimmer and diver, and pursues its fish prey underwater. The adults are unmistakable in summer with head and neck decorations. In winter, this is whiter than most grebes, with white above the eye, and a pink bill. It is the largest European grebe. Please view large
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University of York lake, out of the comfort zone again. / 290809 / Sony H50 crop smart zoom TC lens / 290809 This sky where we live / Is no place to lose your wings. / So love, love, love. / Hafiz حافظ Human beings are members of a whole, / In creation of one essence and soul. / If one member is afflicted with pain, / Other members uneasy will remain. / If you have no sympathy for human pain, / The name of human you cannot retain. / Saadi “Of one Essence is the human race, / thus has Creation put the base; / One Limb impacted is sufficient / For all Others to feel the Mace ” / —Saadi (1184–1283) “There is only one sacred manuscript, the sacred manuscript of Nature, which alone can enlighten the reader.” Hazrat Inayat Khan “I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. And the sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say.” / Geromino All profits from my sales will be donated to Butterfly Conservation. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images and writing are copyright © jesika 2005-2009. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. picasaweb
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These three “Western Grebe on a colorful Early Morning Swim” are enjoying the first light of day on Fern Ridge Lake in Lane County, Oregon. / Taken from the boat ramp at Perkins Peninsula on 9/15/09 with a Canon PowerShot SX10 IS, TV 1/1002, AV F 4.51, and ISO 250.
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Great Crested Grebe series Great Crested Grebe (wikipedia ) on the city canals in Weesp, the Netherlands – carrying it’s young on it’s back… / It was a very clear day, and the reflections on the water of the flowered canal walls and houses was enormous… and I didn’t have a strong telelens back then… Still, I just couldn’t stop trying and shooting along… Looks like a painting, isn’t it! Photo made with Pentax K10d camera and Pentax-M zoom1:2.8-4 40-80mm lens – strongly cropped and edited in Photoshop to diminish the reflection. / Comments and feed-back always welcome. Thanks for looking :)
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Great Crested Grebe series Great Crested Grebe (wikipedia ) on the city canals in Weesp, the Netherlands – carrying it’s young on it’s back… / It was a very clear day, and the reflections on the water of the flowered canal walls and houses was enormous… and I didn’t have a strong telelens back then… Still, I just couldn’t stop trying and shooting along… Looks like a painting, isn’t it! Photo made with Pentax K10d camera and Pentax-M zoom1:2.8-4 40-80mm lens – strongly cropped and edited in Photoshop to diminish the reflection. / Comments and feed-back always welcome. Thanks for looking :)
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