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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps Cristatus
BIRD GUIDES NOTEABALE PHOTO May 26-4 June 2019
The great crested grebe has an elaborate mating display. Like all grebes, it nests on the water's edge, since its legs are set relatively far back and it is thus unable to walk very well. Usually two eggs are laid, and the fluffy, striped young grebes are often carried on the adult's back. In a clutch of two or more hatchlings, male and female grebes will each identify their 'favourites', which they alone will care for and teach
Unusually, young grebes are capable of swimming and diving almost at hatching. The adults teach these skills to their young by carrying them on their back and diving, leaving the chicks to float on the surface; they then re-emerge a few feet away so that the chicks may swim back onto them.
The great crested grebe feeds mainly on fish, but also small crustaceans, insects small frogs and newts.
This species was hunted almost to extinction in the United Kingdom in the 19th century for its head plumes, which were used to decorate hats and ladies' undergarments. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was set up to help protect this species, which is again a common sight.
The great crested grebe and its behaviour was the subject of one of the landmark publications in avian ethology: Julian Huxley's 1914 paper on The Courtship‐habits of the Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus).
Population:
UK breeding:
4,600 pairs
UK wintering:
19,000 individuals
Sometimes, in difficult waters, we may all need a little extra guidance.👍
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When the light of the day passes, the Cape May Lighthouse guides the weary fisherman back home. What is *your* guiding light when the world gets dark?
well our guide seemed relaxed, he was more interested in texts than anything else... if only we knew if he was guiding the shadows to us or showing our way out... oh... it would be so much more comforting if the exit was up rather than down... was crystal city above us or below?
Great guide and great alpinist.
Here leading the 3rd pitch of the classic Rebuffat-Baquet on the south face of Aiguille du Midi, on one of the most beautiful granite of the Alps.
Unfortunately often difficult to take a real camera on our climbs...
Great Egret heads towards a roosting area at the end of a long day of fishing.
Fort DeSoto
Some history from Audubon:
Nearly wiped out in the United States in the late 1800s, when its plumes were sought for use in fashion, the Great Egret made a comeback after early conservationists put a stop to the slaughter and protected its colonies; as a result, this bird became the symbol of the National Audubon Society.
This species will likely gain habitable areas as the earth warms - you can see the predictions here:
Peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Just open up your heart, let the sun shine in
Let it shine down on you
star shaped blossoms from allium liberosum for #MacroMondays theme #Star
Actually I didn't want to post any photos while I'm on holiday, but since today's topic is a last greeting for Hans Holt, longtime member and admin of Macro Mondays Group, it was of course a matter of honour 😉 These stars shall shine for you, Hans. Rest in peace and may the light be with you.
Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60 mm F2.8 Macro @f4.0
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(Herpetotheres cachinnans), B28I7603 Cicra Los Amigos - Peruvian Amazonia
Endemic Tour in Peru : Guide Alex Durand alexdurand8bg@gmail.com
Two lighthouses on the South pier at Grand Haven, Michigan USA, guiding Lake Michigan fishing and pleasure boats safely to the Grand River.