Eared Grebe feeding young
An adult Eared Grebe feeds its offspring. The young of this species are precocious [they are independent at an early age and mature quickly], and although they often ride on the back of an adult at first, they soon graduate to swimming about on their own (as here) and quickly figure out how to find food on their own. A small group of families of this species at Francis Lake, north of the village of Herbert in southcentral Saskatchewan, Canada, provided opportunity for observation and photographs of behaviour such as territorial interactions, feeding of young, and the abilities of young of slightly different ages.
Eared Grebe feeding young
An adult Eared Grebe feeds its offspring. The young of this species are precocious [they are independent at an early age and mature quickly], and although they often ride on the back of an adult at first, they soon graduate to swimming about on their own (as here) and quickly figure out how to find food on their own. A small group of families of this species at Francis Lake, north of the village of Herbert in southcentral Saskatchewan, Canada, provided opportunity for observation and photographs of behaviour such as territorial interactions, feeding of young, and the abilities of young of slightly different ages.