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Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman  Last year I witnessed a curious going-on on one of our lakes. A pair of Great Crested Grebes had raised a couple of chicks and were out and about when one of the youngsteres started to struggle and thrash around. I assumed a pike was having a go at it from below but, after the chick had eventually drowned, another adult Great Crested Grebe emerged beside the body of the chick and was then chased off by the parent birds. The saboteur was one of a second pair that nested on the same lake.
Anyone else witnessed this sort of thing or similar?
Cheers,
Adam |
Adam-never heard of this- fascinating if tragic observation. It might be worth sending a brief piece about this to British Birds magazine as they have a section on unusual behaviour + this would probably qualify.