The X-Files Become The Twilight Zone
I stand corrected. This IS a Horned Grebe Juvenile.
Stealing...er...borrowing the idea from another good contact, I started calling my archives---particularly the older ones -- The X-Files. Just a bit cutesy, but so be it.
I like to go back through older folders, browsing to see all of the photos I skipped over, didn't care for at the time, or missed completely. This is one of the latter.
We get Pied-Billed Grebes here frequently, though they are not permanent residents. Occasionally we have one, or several Horned Grebes stop by for very short visits. Infrequent enough that each visit is worth trying to photograph. (if you know Grebes you know that they tend to stay well out in the water, and spend a good share of the time diving.)
Climbing into the Wayback machine to find some X-files from years ago, I happened across this photo. When I shot it I clearly didn't know what I had, and never did anything with it. The X-file actually turned into the Twilight Zone as a brand new (to me) species appeared.
We do not get Western Grebes here...a statement obviously contradicted by the photograph. However, it is the only time that I know of when one showed itself to any of my cameras. Happy to have at least a halfway decent capture of this lifer bird.
Below I've shown Pied-Billed and Horned Grebes, for comparison.
The X-Files Become The Twilight Zone
I stand corrected. This IS a Horned Grebe Juvenile.
Stealing...er...borrowing the idea from another good contact, I started calling my archives---particularly the older ones -- The X-Files. Just a bit cutesy, but so be it.
I like to go back through older folders, browsing to see all of the photos I skipped over, didn't care for at the time, or missed completely. This is one of the latter.
We get Pied-Billed Grebes here frequently, though they are not permanent residents. Occasionally we have one, or several Horned Grebes stop by for very short visits. Infrequent enough that each visit is worth trying to photograph. (if you know Grebes you know that they tend to stay well out in the water, and spend a good share of the time diving.)
Climbing into the Wayback machine to find some X-files from years ago, I happened across this photo. When I shot it I clearly didn't know what I had, and never did anything with it. The X-file actually turned into the Twilight Zone as a brand new (to me) species appeared.
We do not get Western Grebes here...a statement obviously contradicted by the photograph. However, it is the only time that I know of when one showed itself to any of my cameras. Happy to have at least a halfway decent capture of this lifer bird.
Below I've shown Pied-Billed and Horned Grebes, for comparison.