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Under Mother's Wings...

The Great Crested Grebe  is a delightfully elegant waterbird with ornate head plumes. They dive to feed and also to escape, preferring this to flying. On land they are clumsy because their feet are placed so far back on their bodies.

They have an elaborate courtship display in which they rise out of the water and shake their heads.

Very young grebes often ride on their parents' backs.
COMMENTS
Tishfish said at 9:06 a.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
Oh my, this is so lovely!
Wlk68 said at 9:08 a.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
Very cute!!!
Umauma said at 9:10 a.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
Beautiful shots!
PaulBarfoot said at 9:29 a.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing these pictures and the text!
Nina1960 said at 9:42 a.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
Prachtige foto's Anja~
Tommy72 said at 9:54 a.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
Nice shots and good text. Thanks for this tabblo.
Hollyridger said at 10:50 a.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
This is so sweet.... thanks.
DEE-Trow said at 10:53 a.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
I LOVE THIS! Anja, you may want to change your text color to white so you can see your comments. Great pictures!
LatentE said at 11:11 a.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
Great images. It's funny how their heads seem to move in sync.
Chetty said at 11:51 a.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
Super weer, kan alleen het commentaar niet lezen! maar dat zal wel goed zijn, haha, groetjes
Anjad said at 12:15 p.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
@ Dee; thanks for the tip. Changed it as you can see.
@ Hetty....nu wel leesbaar dus..:)
Bxrgirl27 said at 3:52 p.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
Anjad this is a really special capture! :-)
TavarES said at 5:43 p.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
A beautiful bird, two beautiful photos!
Zippywinds said at 9:48 p.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
soo sweet and adorable, congrats on capturing a unique mother baby type pose, great detail :)
Pkeener said at 10:38 p.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
Oh, I adore the little one's head on it's mother's back. Their expressions in both photos are so lovely. Thank you for the info and the wonderful photos, Anja.
Floridamolle said at 10:41 p.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
SOO CUTE!!! Great job Anja, wonderful birds and as always great shots
Jerii said at 11:33 p.m. on Jun 12, 2007:
Beautiful shots of wonderful birds. Very nice!
Vinca said at 2:05 a.m. on Jun 13, 2007:
Amazing captures Anja of these beautiful and elegant birds.Both the mother and baby are so cute :o) An apt title and the info is very interesting too :o) Great tabblo.
EMA said at 6:06 p.m. on Jun 14, 2007:
So lovely! Beautiful bird and great shots!
Siagian said at 2:05 a.m. on Jun 16, 2007:
WOW! fantastic shot Anja!
Mashpee_Paula said at 8:46 a.m. on Jun 18, 2007:
Fascinating bird Anja ~ beautiful pictures! Thanks. :)
Nmat said at 11:49 p.m. on Jun 18, 2007:
Terrific tabblo! Thanks for the interesting narrative that complements your amazingly clear photos.
Loes said at 6:12 p.m. on Jul 7, 2007:
Altijd heel vertederend om te zien zo'n kleintje onder moeders vleugels.
Anjad said at 4:15 p.m. on Jul 25, 2007:
de baby op de rug van de moeder
Engelgrafik said at 8:40 a.m. on Nov 12, 2007:
what a gorgeous bird... I've never seen such a thing.
Isralev said at 5:43 a.m. on Feb 6, 2008:
Great pictures, lovely birds, thank you for information.
Chaitiamma said at 10:01 a.m. on Mar 22, 2008:
Very good tabblo. So sweet.
Candlepower said at 1:10 p.m. on Jul 13, 2008:
A Wonderfu and very special shot!!
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