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Monday in Nature, 29 March 2021


DavidTriplett

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Western Grebes (Aechmophorus occidentalis) doing their mating dance. Spring is just getting started at the Bear River MBR, and I was lucky enough to catch these Grebes doing their dance. We saw several other pair as well, but they were all too distant and with their backs to us. We're looking forward to getting out in the coming months for all the springtime festivities at the Refuge.

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Correction: These appear to be more correctly identified as Clark's Grebes (Aechmophorus clarkii). Thank you, Shun, for pointing out my error.

It was earlier this month, I mixed up Western vs. Clark's grebes in a post to a FaceBook birding group. Of course in no time I was, deservedly, corrected. The fact of the matter is that Western and Clark's grebes look very similar and reside in the same habitat. I captured the two images below at the same lake, perhaps a few hundred feet apart. Both types of grebes have red eyes, but the transition from black to white feathers in the head is different. As a result, Western grebes have black feathers around the eyes while Clark's grebes have white.

 

For more information, please check the following web page:

Western Grebe vs. Clark’s Grebe- An Easy Tip for Distinguishing the Two

 

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Mary, how and where did you get this shot? You must have used a long lens, since the bear seems up close and personal.

Jasper, Canadian Rockies. This bear was walking along a pasture and apparently my Nikon 200-400mm lens @400mm caught its attention. (F/8 1/60s ISO 800. Camera was the "lowly" Nikon D300.

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