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Discussion => Behaviour => Topic started by: Brian Bailey on April 07, 2015, 10:59:08 PM

Title: Grebe Nesting Drive
Post by: Brian Bailey on April 07, 2015, 10:59:08 PM

Cycling through Col Sam Smith Park this evening, there were a pair of Red-necked Grebes hanging out in a small patch of open water east of the docks.  One was carrying a stick in its beak! Hopefully that's just courting behaviour, and they're not actually going to try building a nest on the ice.

I didn't hang around to watch.  


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Title: Re: Grebe Nesting Drive
Post by: Dinusaur on April 08, 2015, 06:28:28 AM

Yes, I also saw the same thing last year at the same location around this time - it is great fun to watch. At the end there were a couple of actual nests with one for sure had several babies that many lined up to photograph.

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Title: Re: Grebe Nesting Drive
Post by: Howieh on April 08, 2015, 12:51:43 PM

Slightly off topic but are the snowy owl(s) still there? The weather for Sunday is looking great and I hope to get there during the afternoon.

Title: Re: Grebe Nesting Drive
Post by: Brian Bailey on April 08, 2015, 01:23:04 PM

I don't think so.  I saw one multiple times there the last weekend of March.  No eBird reports in the past week.  Sounds like there are a lot of Snowies on the move.  


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