Fine photos, as usual Tom. I suspect that snazzy face actually is camouflage, breaking up the pattern of the head visually.
Chuck Hundertmark Lafayette, CO On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 11:05:18 AM UTC-6, Tom Wilberding wrote: > > Hello birders, > > Over at the very full Teller Lake No. 5 are a few juvenile Pied-billed > Grebes with their striking black and white facial patterns. Most juvenile > birds look drab and camouflaged, for good defensive reasons. But > Pied-billed Grebe juveniles are an exception, along with Masked and Ruddy > Ducks. Any others? Must be an evolutionary reason for this, but whatever > the reason, snazzy-looking young Pied-billed Grebes seem to be enjoying > their first summer before turning into drab adults. “Summertime is always > the best of what might be.” --Charles Bowden. > > Here are they are, plus a few others from Sunday: http://bit.ly/Vg8Ifb > Here’s where Teller Lake No 5 is: https://goo.gl/maps/Vi9Mh > > Cheers! > Tom Wilberding > Boulder, CO > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/f28396c2-7dae-4917-9147-2798d99655c1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
