The remaining members of the Grebe Family

IraRunyanIraRunyan Registered Users Posts: 1,013 Major grins
edited June 9, 2010 in Wildlife
Last month, several Viera Wetlands photographers were busy documenting a new Pied Billed Grebe family where the chicks had hatched and just started venturing out of the nest with their parents.

Well, since that time it appears that the entire family unit was destroyed by predators, with the exception of one chick and one adult. Today (6/8/10) I got some shots of the two survivors of that Pied Billed Grebe family.

It has been a bad year for bird chicks at Viera..............

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2.
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  • PeterD-2009PeterD-2009 Registered Users Posts: 618 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2010
    What a sad story but thankfully your lovely images lift the mood. Do you know what predated this family?

    #5 is my favourite with the chick begging for food. Thanks for posting these images.
    Cheers

    Peter

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  • PhotoLasVegasPhotoLasVegas Registered Users Posts: 264 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2010
    Why sad? If it was a predator then that's the way the world works - not sad at all.

    As for the photos, all look fairly soft - can't tell if it's OOF or motion blur, but on #2 specifically I can see the focus is about a foot behind. I'd like to see an even lower angle. And maybe a little more brightness/exposure?
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited June 9, 2010
    Noce set Ira with 3 being my fave.
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