The life cycle of a western grebe

[Gary March]

As I was looking through some photo's of lately, I thought a few of you guys would enjoy these.

First picture is of a Western grebe

Next pic. is a pr of them staring down each other considering a courtship dance

Next comes the courtship dance, Ah! Im in Love.

Then following is the lady setting on the nest.

Now the work starts with kids on her back and in tow.

Next is the final migration to the coastline of Washington to winter.

Thanks for looking
Gary March

 

[Farrukh Ashraf]

Amazing pictures Gary

 

[Brandon Yuchasz]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

 

[KThompson]

Great pics! I'm waiting to see the pic of a bald eagle grabbing one just as it's diving to avoid being a meal...

 

[Brad Bortner]

Gary

Great photos. You really captured the magic of the species.

I'll give you and assignment, find some Clark's grebes to photograph. They are very similar but the white cheek markings extend above the eye. Really. Grebe are really sensitive to disturbance so these must be from a lake with low levels of boating and water fluctuation.

 

[Mark W]

Where's the photo of the male grebe laying on his back smoking a cig?

Great pictures. Would love to have seen the actual dance in person.

Mark W

 

[Derek and Xena]

Saw a few of these guys yesterday out on Long. Pretty soon the widgies will start showing up around here eh?!!