{"id":22004,"date":"2014-02-10T07:32:54","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T14:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=22004"},"modified":"2014-02-10T07:32:54","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T14:32:54","slug":"grebe-wing-flap-including-a-pose-new-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/10\/grebe-wing-flap-including-a-pose-new-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Grebe Wing Flap (including a pose new to me)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spend enough time with Pied-billed Grebes that it’s not often I see something new.\u00a0 Just over two weeks ago I did.<\/p>\n

There were multiple grebes on the Farmington pond and as usual their behaviors would switch from lethargic to frenetic in a nanosecond.\u00a0 As I’ve said in a previous post they would run across the water (called “patter-flying) in groups but they weren’t chasing each other or trying to steal each other’s fish.\u00a0 There was occasional wing-quivering (rapid vibration of slightly open wings) which is a\u00a0recognized aggressive (agonistic) behavior.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

But wing-flapping seemed to be the preferred\u00a0behavior of the morning.\u00a0 I’m\u00a0relatively sure this wasn’t done just for exercise or stretching muscles – it lasted too long and involved too many birds.\u00a0 I believe there is some behavioral significance to it though I have no idea what it may be.<\/p>\n

This grebe is about to begin an extended\u00a0wing-flap but just before it did it raised slightly in the water with elevated wings…<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

and then with its body still at an angle to the water it cupped and lowered its wings forward and held the position for a few moments.\u00a0 You can tell this isn’t part of the actual wing-flap (even at the very fast shutter speed of 1\/4000 sec)\u00a0because there’s no sign of impact between the wing-tips and the water.\u00a0 This is the pose I had never seen before and I wish I knew its significance.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Then the grebe commenced with a wing-flap and it was a very, very long one\u00a0 – so long that\u00a0I took 23 images of it.\u00a0 I filled my buffer once, waited for it to recover, and then fired off another burst before it was over.\u00a0 I’m sure there was a behavioral\u00a0component to this\u00a0activity.<\/p>\n

I’ll admit that I sometimes obsess with behaviors, even\u00a0some that may be relatively insignificant.<\/p>\n

I hope you’ll bear with me…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I spend enough time with Pied-billed Grebes that it’s not often I see something new. Just over two weeks ago I did.<\/p>\n

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