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These big grebes are famous for their courtship displays that begin with synchronized neck dipping and may progress to the
Read moreThese big grebes are famous for their courtship displays that begin with synchronized neck dipping and may progress to the
Read moreI was watching this big grebe preening in the usual way, poking its beak into its feathers hither and yon,
Read moreCourtship among the big grebes is a complex and beautiful affair. Among its highlights is this walking — or rather,
Read moreThese big grebes — both Clark’s and Western — have an elaborate set of courtship rituals. One of them is
Read moreFar out on the North Basin, just blinking white dots to the unaided human eye, a flock of big grebes
Read morePhotographer Sam Zuckerman, who last published in these pages in December 2020 with a photo of the rare Loggerhead Shrike,
Read moreIn the golden light of the sunrise, a number of waterbirds got busy on a glassy stretch of the North
Read moreWildlife photographer Rick Lewis’ work has graced the cover of magazines. His images excel in sharpness and clarity. He has
Read moreI’d made my loop around the park counterclockwise and thought I was done for the morning. Then out of nowhere,
Read morePelicans have mobbed the North Basin, cormorants followed, and now it was the turn of the grebes. More than 50
Read moreThese big grebes are famous for their courtship dances. Recently I was able to film the early stages, “Light Necking”
Read moreWith only a handful of scaup remaining from the Spring migration, the most numerous flock on the North Basin in
Read moreThe chill northerly gale roughed up the North Basin and gave its population of migrant Bufflehead, scaup, grebes, gulls, and
Read moreWhen I started in the park at 2:30 in the afternoon yesterday, the only visible creatures on the North Basin
Read moreAs if to compete for attention with the “Classic Western” I photographed on June 5, this Clark’s Grebe paddled slowly
Read moreMore than 75 big grebes gathered in the North Basin for several days, most of them the Clark’s variety. A
Read moreI had my camera set up and focused on something else landside, when I heard a weird rasping noise on
Read moreThe Pied-billed Grebe is said to have the power to submerge itself partially, moving like a submarine with just its
Read moreThree Clark’s Grebes were active on the North Basin Cove, and it looked like one of them was a youngster.
Read moreI haven’t seen one of these since June. Sometimes they show up in mixed company together with Western Grebes. Those
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