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[Nat_WA]

Pied-billed Grebe with fish.

Very nice Jeff! Is this one of the smaller grebes where you are living? It looks a bit like the little grebe I spotted a couple of weeks ago from a hide (unfortunately it kept its distance so I don't have decent pictures of "mine").
The little grebe is called "Dodaars" in my country, indicating the fluffy backside - which your pied-billed grebe also shows a bit

Wiebe.

Yes, the Pied-billed Grebe ( Podilymbus podiceps ) is the smallest. The bird pictured has taken up residence in a small local pond. In winter we also see the slightly larger Horned Grebe. We get the Red-necked Grebe every few years. All are in adult non-breeding plumage.

I will dig through my Lightroom catalog and post some picts.

Jeff

... although low quality I wanted to show the Little Grebe (Dodaars) - you can still see the fluffy backside which earned the bird its name. Light wasn't good either on this overcast and windy day a couple of weeks ago...
And unfortunately it was too far away so this is a crop of the original, around 6% of the whole frame (in # of pixels).

Wiebe.

 

[AlanF]

Here's a close up of a little grebe I took this summer.

 

[Nat_WA]

Here's a close up of a little grebe I took this summer.

That's much more like it... Nice picture of this small and agile grebe Alan!

Yours is also in summer outfit while when I saw them they were mostly in winter plumage (one still had a bit of reddish-brown on its cheeks - or maybe he was just blushing )

Wiebe.

 

[clbayley]

Its been a while since I captured a worthy shot for posting here. I had a quick trip to Joshua Tree National Park and chased the Jays around...here is a Scrub Jay perched on the top of a Joshua Tree flower stem.

 

[Click]

Beautiful shot, clbayley.

 

[Ryananthony]

beautiful, clbayley.

 

[Mikehit]

That is gorgeous.

 

[Sharpening Iron]

That's surely a keeper, clbayley. Great shot!

 

[AlanF]

Beautiful colours!

 

[AlanF]

Such a beautiful morning that I just had to go out with the 800mm DO/5DIV. As usual by chance, I strolled past this handsome kestrel with the light behind me (not by chance). He took off, and I could not believe to see he had been ringed.

 

[Click]

Beautiful shots, Alan. I especially like the first one.

 

[Ryananthony]

About an hour from where I live, the Salmon have followed the river up to spawn. Here is one of the largest of gatherings of Eagles which feast on the Salmon. Lighting was very poor and I was not able to get an image worth showing. Instead, here is an image of a Seagull which would dip under the water and steal the nested eggs of the Salmon one by one.

1DX_3712 by Ryan Kelly, on Flickr

 

[Jack Douglas]

About an hour from where I live, the Salmon have followed the river up to spawn. Here is one of the largest of gatherings of Eagles which feast on the Salmon. Lighting was very poor and I was not able to get an image worth showing. Instead, here is an image of a Seagull which would dip under the water and steal the nested eggs of the Salmon one by one.

1DX_3712 by Ryan Kelly, on Flickr

Interesting. Nice photo. Keep trying for the eagle shots.

Jack

 

[Click]

Nice shot, Ryan.

 

[Click]

Such a beautiful morning that I just had to go out with the 800mm DO/5DIV. As usual by chance, I strolled past this handsome kestrel with the light behind me (not by chance). He took off, and I could not believe to see he had been ringed.

Very nice light on the kestrel.

 

[AlanF]

Thanks click.

 

[AlanF]

The very low angle of the sun today gave some interesting reflections from eyes from ripples in the lake (5DIV-400mm DO @ 560mm).

 

[Jack Douglas]

Nice shots, Alan.

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Unfortunately there is no water around here ... now. From August, 400 DO II X2.

Jack

 

[Click]

Nice picture, Jack.