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14-03-2011, 01:39 PM
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| | | Grebes dancing
Down at my local (Tyttenhanger) fishing lake things are hotting up. At least 12 GC Grebes are pairing up and the mating ritual is in full swing.
This male was courting what looks like a young female: 
Then another male turned up and the full warpaint was donned, they circled one another like two spanish galleons in full sail until eventually one backed down. 
Great stuff!
Robin
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14-03-2011, 01:51 PM
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| | | Re: Grebes dancing
There obviously very shy, so shy I can’t see them.
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14-03-2011, 01:53 PM
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| | | Re: Grebes dancing
Click on the x's. They look very absorbed! Good shots.
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14-03-2011, 01:57 PM
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| | | Re: Grebes dancing
Try again ferret!
Shots are not the best, they were taken on full zoom on my little FZ45.
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14-03-2011, 02:01 PM
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| | | Re: Grebes dancing
The photo’s have appeared now very nice, and a timely reminder to me to go and visit some suitable lake’s I normally leave it to late and miss there superb display.
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14-03-2011, 05:54 PM
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| | | Re: Grebes dancing
Watched the courtship display at Chew Valley lake today.After the display they were tugging at the reeds and showing it to each other.
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15-03-2011, 03:31 PM
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| | | Re: Grebes dancing
I would be out looking for the Grebes displaying but it blowing a blizzard here right now.  |
15-03-2011, 06:46 PM
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Beautiful birds. They have the strangest juveniles that I've ever seen, but the adults are fabulous.
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15-03-2011, 07:00 PM
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| | | Re: Grebes dancing
first time i saw a pair of grebes courtship dance was a suburb in birmingham called great barr ( it was called barr till i moved there    )
it was a disused mine then became a tip  for house old rubbish then a housing estate  one of my friends from collage told me about them so in our lunc hour we walked the mile up the hill steep hill i might add but well worth it missed all the afternoo classes |
16-03-2011, 12:16 PM
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| | | Re: Grebes dancing
I just saw some GC grebes that already seem to be a couple. Have I missed my chance to see the displays or will they repeat? I saw one pick up some weeds and got all hopeful but it didn't amount to anything.
I was wondering if it was a courting ritual or a mating one - or are these synonymous to birds? | | |
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