Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatu
Canon 600mm f7.1 for 1/2500th @ iso400
To watch some video of the Great Crested Grebes click here. The Humbug in the video is one of these two birds.
The Grebe chicks are now off their parents backs and out swimming - they are still being fed by their parents, and it is literally a procession line of fish of all sizes being presented to them. They either follow their parents about uttering their high pitch call indicating "feed me", when not following their parents the two siblings simply bob about - that does create danger for themselves as the Lesser Black-backed gulls are on the continual hunt for the chicks. Just in the last week these gulls have taken both Coot and Moorhen chicks, and made numerous attempts to snatch the Grebe chicks.
To watch some video of the Great Crested Grebes click here. The Humbug in the video is one of these two birds.
The Grebe chicks are now off their parents backs and out swimming - they are still being fed by their parents, and it is literally a procession line of fish of all sizes being presented to them. They either follow their parents about uttering their high pitch call indicating "feed me", when not following their parents the two siblings simply bob about - that does create danger for themselves as the Lesser Black-backed gulls are on the continual hunt for the chicks. Just in the last week these gulls have taken both Coot and Moorhen chicks, and made numerous attempts to snatch the Grebe chicks.