Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Family of Western Grebes in September - I.


 

Yesterday the Bear River MBR exceeded all my expectations. I did not anticipate to see a family of Western Grebes with their young ones at the end of September. 

The chicks are not yet able to fly and probably are less than ten weeks old. Ten weeks is the age when the young grebes will begin to fly.

It looks the family will stay till mid-autumn at Bear River MBR.  Hopefully, the autumn will be favorable to Grebes.  For now the parents feed their babies and take excellent care of them.








Breakfast is served!








Ahh, fish slipped into water but a parent only in a few seconds was able to recover it out of water.







Let's try again and hopefully this time everything will be OK.








Life goes on.








7 comments:

  1. Buenos pescados han capturados. Son enternecedoras las imágenes que has captado y como siempre, bastante bellas,
    Besos.

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  2. They'll have to work fast, to be ready in time ...

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  3. A beautiful moment in the life of the family while catching fish.

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  4. Очень мило и трогательно.

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  5. Hola Kaya. Hermosas y tiernas imágenes. Enhorabuena. Besos

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  6. Hermosa y tierna secuencia de esa pareja de somormujos cuidando de sus polluelos.
    Un abrazo.

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