Don’t Expect Smooth Waters Everyday…
...and You Won’t Be Disappointed.
The Western Grebe
Setting off crisp black-and-white plumage with a yellow bill and red eye, the slender Western Grebe is an elegant presence on lakes and ocean coasts of western North America. Along with its close relative, the Clark’s Grebe, it’s renowned for a ballet-like courtship display in which male and female “run” across the water in synchrony, their long necks curved in an S-shape. These water birds rarely come ashore, instead taking long dives to catch fish and other aquatic animals.
(Nikon, 500 mm, 1/1000 @ f/5.6, ISO 160)
Don’t Expect Smooth Waters Everyday…
...and You Won’t Be Disappointed.
The Western Grebe
Setting off crisp black-and-white plumage with a yellow bill and red eye, the slender Western Grebe is an elegant presence on lakes and ocean coasts of western North America. Along with its close relative, the Clark’s Grebe, it’s renowned for a ballet-like courtship display in which male and female “run” across the water in synchrony, their long necks curved in an S-shape. These water birds rarely come ashore, instead taking long dives to catch fish and other aquatic animals.
(Nikon, 500 mm, 1/1000 @ f/5.6, ISO 160)