little grebe family
There are those birds that are difficult to photograph. The Little Grebe, for example, is such a bird. If you come within a distance of 100 kilometers from them, they already submerge, and only resurface on the other side of the earth. If you then focus on them, they dive again to surface on the moon.
So last year I was extremely lucky to encounter a family of two parents and 5 very young hatchlings. Maybe one day old or so, because they looked extremely tiny and they were shaped oval like still being in the egg.
And because the young were not good swimmers yet, the parents stayed close to them and so I had the opportunity to make pictures within ca. 10 meters away.
Next day I went back and stayed another 4 hours trying to get them even better, but already then they were more cautious and whenever they saw me they sneaked away. Still it was a wonderful experience with a lot of nice shots.
little grebe family
There are those birds that are difficult to photograph. The Little Grebe, for example, is such a bird. If you come within a distance of 100 kilometers from them, they already submerge, and only resurface on the other side of the earth. If you then focus on them, they dive again to surface on the moon.
So last year I was extremely lucky to encounter a family of two parents and 5 very young hatchlings. Maybe one day old or so, because they looked extremely tiny and they were shaped oval like still being in the egg.
And because the young were not good swimmers yet, the parents stayed close to them and so I had the opportunity to make pictures within ca. 10 meters away.
Next day I went back and stayed another 4 hours trying to get them even better, but already then they were more cautious and whenever they saw me they sneaked away. Still it was a wonderful experience with a lot of nice shots.