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<\/p>\nA little sibling rivalry?<\/p>\n
I photographed these Western Grebes ten days ago at Bear River MBR.<\/p>\n
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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Prior to when this photo was taken the chick in the water had been riding on the back of ‘his’ mother, the adult on the right, but eventually he decided to go for a swim. When he’d had enough swimming he tried to climb up on his male parent’s back and join his sibling but Tail Gun Charlie was having nothing of it and refused to accommodate him. I had the definite impression that Charlie wanted nothing to do with the idea of having to share space on board with his sibling.<\/p>\n The chick in the water tried to climb on board several times before he eventually succeeded.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here’s a closer look at them both, just prior to the chick in the water climbing up on the left side of his dad’s back.<\/p>\n One photo probably doesn’t do justice to how amusing and even cute his attempts were to watch, so maybe you had to be there.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A little sibling rivalry? (two images)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/western-grebe-1712-tight-crop-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"western-grebe-1712-tight-crop-ron-dudley\\"")
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