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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: BoboBird on August 02, 2012, 06:57:08 PM

Title: GBH
Post by: BoboBird on August 02, 2012, 06:57:08 PM

This one has a rather peculiar behaviour - he likes to look at the dragonflies perched around him or whizzing past.
Even took a dive at one and instead plopped head first into the water. Poor guy!

Question - the incident caused me to try to find an answer to do GBH swin but could not find anything. Anyone know?

1.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7mgTmFJEGU0/UA7Uf_ZGGxI/AAAAAAAAIyo/i0nX12CVdys/s800/20120720_6520.jpg)

2.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pc2aaDVZDWw/UA7Uh8fx9KI/AAAAAAAAIyw/B_W3rAXMWII/s800/20120720_6529.jpg)

3.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8w3ywCsFlK4/UBQePAZ_iZI/AAAAAAAAI98/3VQbs8-AT8g/s800/20120720_6639-1.jpg)

4.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lzj8R-oGf_U/UA7UrUcfOdI/AAAAAAAAIzY/G7wt_Fdq9IU/s800/20120720_6634.jpg)

5. Just before he went "plop". Getting the dragon in the shot would have been asking for too much. :)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-n0wO9PkBnxE/UA7Uu8OHAhI/AAAAAAAAIzw/Hh-tGEMNIMA/s800/20120720_6644.jpg)

6. All wet and foolish looking after the head first fall into the pond. I dont think they swim so he is standing in that chest high water.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-n9hF6EtfWd8/UA7UwasQSYI/AAAAAAAAIz4/Q5aTOd-J3lA/s800/20120720_6649.jpg)

Title: Re: GBH
Post by: lovemypt on August 02, 2012, 08:02:04 PM

no they don't swim as do most birds don't , just float or walk around.....with the exception of diving ducks, loons, grebes and such.......and of coarse penguins..you know I had to mention these

Dave

Title: Re: GBH
Post by: Brian Bailey on August 02, 2012, 11:04:49 PM

They generally don't swim.  I have only ever seen a GBH swim once and only briefly (less than a minute).  It sat in the water like a miniature swan.  

It was many years ago so I don't recall the season (if maybe it was a juvenile), but I clearly recall the location: the middle of the Ottonabee River in at least five metres of water.  

BB

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Title: Re: GBH
Post by: BoboBird on August 03, 2012, 03:09:13 AM

Thanks for the confirmation.

So in this case his long legs sort of helped save himself. He probably could not have flown to safety without the aid of a firm launch pad. Lucky!

Title: Re: GBH
Post by: MEGHAN on August 07, 2012, 09:50:03 AM

I like how you can see the Dragon Fly he is stalking.
#4 for me, I like how he is just creeping out of the reeds. Good job getting him in focus amongst all the greenery.

Meghan