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GREAT CRESTED GREBE 1


GREAT CRESTED GREBE 1
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Copyright: Marius Secan (marius-secan) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 163 W: 0 N: 289] (1031)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-06-20
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D300, Sigma APO 150-500mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/800 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-06-25 11:21
Viewed: 274
Points: 6
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GREAT CRESTED GREBE (PODICEPS CRISTATUS)

The great crested grebe is the largest grebe in Europe. It is a graceful bird, with its long neck, long bill and slender outline. In summer, the adults of both sexes are adorned with beautiful head-plumes, which are reddish-orange in colour with black tips; there is also an erectile black crown. The sexes are similar in appearance, but juveniles can be distinguished by the possession of blackish stripes on the cheeks.

The great crested grebe dives for fish, insects and invertebrate larvae, chasing prey under water by strongly swimming with its feet.

Pairs begin to form during the middle of winter, and nesting can start in January, providing that conditions are mild. This grebe is well known for its elaborate courtship display, in which pairs raise and shake their head plumes, and approach each other with weed in their bills, rising up breast to breast in the water and turning their heads from side to side. The nest is either a hidden mound of reeds and other vegetation or else a floating platform anchored to vegetation. After May, between 1 and 9 (but usually 4) eggs are laid, which take 27-29 days to incubate. Both parents are involved in incubation; when they leave the nest they cover the eggs with rotting vegetation to keep them warm. After hatching, the stripy chicks are carried around on the backs of their parents, they fledge at around 71-79 days of age.
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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2860 W: 34 N: 8481] (31692)
  • [2009-06-25 11:43]

Hi Marius. This is a fine picture of the GREAT CRESTED GREBE with its young. You have taken them with good detail and natural colours. The young has very different markings on the head. Well done TFS.
Nick..

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 643 W: 15 N: 1561] (6085)
  • [2009-06-26 10:40]

Buna
Foarte bine surprins si cu detalii excelente. Am reusit si eu saptamana asta cateva poze bunicele cu aceasta specie.
Numai bine.
Razvan

Hello Marius
wonderful shot of this mom grebe and his Baby, great composition with wonderful details, the colors and the lighting are excellent too
Very well done
Jacqueline

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