Yeah, they get eaten. What I've been told is that if the grebes get frightened off their nest by barking dogs or loud children at the shore (the nests are about 20 or 30 yards off shore) then the untended eggs will get eaten by gulls or other predators.
The gulls don't frighten the grebes but they're constantly in the area to swoop in for opportunities. Thanks for the comment and thanks to all who looked and commented. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Christine Aguila <[email protected]> Sent: July 22, 2012 7/22/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: GESO - Tending to the Little Ones Interesting. Any explanation why the eggs haven't been able to hatch? Cheers, Christine On Jul 21, 2012, at 7:09 PM, frank theriault wrote: > I posted a shot of a local red-necked grebe nest with a couple of eggs > (first time anyone remembers them laying more than one egg). As > mentioned, they've never managed to hatch one in the 7 years that > they've had a nest here so fingers are crossed. > > Here are the best four (including last week's, so three new ones) of > that session: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/07/tending-to-little-ones.html > > Was shooting hand-held, so I'm pleased with the sharpness all things > considered. You should have seen the rejects. ;-) > > Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
