{"id":33400,"date":"2015-08-15T05:27:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T11:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=33400"},"modified":"2015-08-15T05:27:43","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T11:27:43","slug":"western-grebe-posing-nicely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/15\/western-grebe-posing-nicely\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Grebe Posing Nicely"},"content":{"rendered":"

This grebe\u00a0gave me some interesting and unexpected poses\u00a0two days ago at Bear River MBR.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 400, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Usually the Western (and Clark’s) grebes along the south end of the auto tour route are a little nervous when a vehicle approaches because the road is so close to the canal there.\u00a0As a result\u00a0they typically\u00a0aren’t relaxed enough at first\u00a0to engage in self-maintenance behaviors but this bird just looked me over momentarily…<\/p>\n

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\"western<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a01\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 400, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

and then performed a nice wing stretch at a pleasing angle and in good light.<\/p>\n

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\"western<\/p>\n

\u00a01\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 400, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then it raised its bulky body\u00a0out of the water. More often than not when they do this they perform a body shake but this time\u00a0the bird\u00a0did a wing flap instead.<\/p>\n

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\"western<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a01\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 400, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Then the grebe settled back down on the water surface as it folded its wings again.<\/p>\n

I’ve noticed that many grebe species (Pied-billed for example) usually turn their back to me before they perform maneuvers similar to this –\u00a0possibly to be facing the best get-a-way direction in their moment of relative vulnerability so it was nice to get a\u00a0pleasing angle on this bird during the behavior.<\/p>\n

I was quite close to this grebe and I was using my teleconverter so these images are almost full frame and in some of them (particularly the first image)\u00a0I didn’t have the pixels to crop and compose ideally.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This grebe posed nicely and unexpectedly for me two days ago at Bear River MBR.<\/p>\n

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