This was in Col. Sam Smith Park right next to the Lake Shore Yacht Club. Wish I'd have seen the young ones piggy-backing dad. They're too big for that now. I saw them try to climb up but parent was having none of it.
I think the reason this year was so successful for breeding is that they attached huge pink and white floating balls to the floating nests. I guess the scared predators away. Certainly scared photographers away. They were so ug-lee! But the results speak for themselves. Thanks for the comments, Gerrit, Bruce, Dan and everyone else who commented and looked. I'm glad I got to capture it, even if not the most technically proficient photo. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Gerrit Visser <[email protected]> Sent: July 7, 2013 7/7/13 To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: PESO - Feeding Time for Grebelings That is lovely, almost moving! And a calm day for once. I think we had a picnic in the same basin on June 20. Only saw 2 little ones at the time. One was on dad's back but fell off when dad climbed onto the nest. gerrit -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 6:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: PESO - Feeding Time for Grebelings I don't know if that's really what baby grebes are called; I guess I should look it up. So the excitement is that for the first time that anyone remembers the local red necked grebe eggs have hatched and no less than five baby grebes have been spotted around the lakeside park near my apartment! I was thrilled to spot this parent feeding a little one: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/07/feeding-time-for-grebelings.html?m =1 It was a one shot deal. The next dive the parent came up quite far away and the little one drifted over, out of my range. I did continue shooting but they were too small and blurry. I watched with fascination for half an hour while mom or dad (don't know which) performed dive after dive, coming up with a small fish each time for baby. Then they retired to their nest. So this isn't the sharpest shot ever, but it was the only one I got. As a document it's okay, but not a great nature photo, to very sure. Still, I hope you enjoy it. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank "For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity." -- 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.
