Pied-billed Grebes

Posted by Paul Rossi on Wed Aug 28, 2019 9:13 am

All times are UTC-05:00

0 people like this post

First unread post

| 10 posts |

Page 1 of 1

Taken in Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula - a few days ago, in the early morning. After the adult fed a small largemouth bass to one of the juveniles the other tried to steal it. Slight crop.

Canon 7D Mark 2 + 600mm F4 IS lens
1/2000 sec, f/10
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: -2/3
ISO: 800

Paul Rossi personal website: https://paulrossibirds.com/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/beautifulbirdseup/

Last edited by Paul Rossi on Wed Aug 28, 2019 1:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Posted by:
Paul Rossi
Forum Contributor

Location: Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula
Posts: 1195
Joined: 8 Feb 2018

Visit website

by Ron Day on Wed Aug 28, 2019 11:00 am

Ron Day
Lifetime Member

Posts: 17817
Joined: 5 Sep 2003
Member #:00819

View portfolio
Visit website

Very cool behavior image and great timing to capture the “steal,” Paul.

Ron Day www.rondayphotography.com

0 people like this post

by Debapratim Saha on Wed Aug 28, 2019 11:47 am

Debapratim Saha
Forum Contributor

Posts: 5521
Joined: 31 Jul 2011
Location: Siliguri,India

Visit website

Beautiful feeding action captured well,a nice behavioral shot.

Photography is the only solace in life

0 people like this post

by himadri roy on Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:19 pm

himadri roy
Forum Contributor

Posts: 5090
Joined: 24 Jan 2014
Location: Jalpaiguri , W.B. India
Member #:02163

View portfolio

Fantastic timing to get this story telling image.

0 people like this post

by Karl Egressy on Wed Aug 28, 2019 4:15 pm

Karl Egressy
Forum Contributor

Posts: 39590
Joined: 11 Dec 2004
Location: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Member #:00988

View portfolio

Nice action shot.

0 people like this post

by Paul Rossi on Wed Aug 28, 2019 9:00 pm

Paul Rossi
Forum Contributor

Posts: 1195
Joined: 8 Feb 2018
Location: Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula

Visit website

himadri roy wrote:Fantastic timing to get this story telling image.

Thank You Himadri. I had a lot of luck for them to line up in the plane of focus, close to on my shadow line, and get a highlight in the eyes of all 3, while the action was very fast. It don't happen often like that.

Paul Rossi personal website: https://paulrossibirds.com/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/beautifulbirdseup/

0 people like this post

by Carol Clarke on Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:23 am

Carol Clarke
Chief Forum Administrator

Posts: 73214
Joined: 22 Aug 2003
Location: Lincolnshire, UK. In tune with Nature.
Member #:00067

View portfolio

Great behaviour capture, Paul!

Carol.

Carol Clarke
Chief Forum Administrator.

"When the power of love is greater than the love of power,
the world will know peace"....Jimi Hendrix.

NSN0067

0 people like this post

by david fletcher on Thu Aug 29, 2019 1:02 pm

david fletcher
Moderator

Posts: 34369
Joined: 24 Sep 2004
Location: UK
Member #:00525

View portfolio

excellent action with these two on that fish. Nicely done Paul

Make your life spectacular!

NSN00525

0 people like this post

by Cynthia Crawford on Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:59 am

Cynthia Crawford
Moderator

Posts: 20472
Joined: 10 Jun 2006
Location: Vermont
Member #:00733

View portfolio
Visit website

Very entertaining- fun capture- I like how the adult is just watching the "kids" fight over the prize.

Cynthia (Cindy) Crawford-Moderator, Photo & Digital Art
web site: http://www.creaturekinships.net
"If I Keep a Green Bough in My Heart, the Singing Bird Will Come" Chinese Proverb

0 people like this post

by Paul Rossi on Fri Aug 30, 2019 12:19 pm

Paul Rossi
Forum Contributor

Posts: 1195
Joined: 8 Feb 2018
Location: Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula

Visit website

Cynthia Crawford wrote:Very entertaining- fun capture- I like how the adult is just watching the "kids" fight over the prize.

The adult was watching, while remaining very close, because if the juveniles lost the fish it would immediately dive to catch it again. It did this a few times when feeding the smaller sibling a very lively fish a few minutes before this image was taken. I think it did this because it often swam a few hundred yards with the fish to bring it to a juvenile the first time.

Paul Rossi personal website: https://paulrossibirds.com/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/beautifulbirdseup/

0 people like this post