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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: denis on April 11, 2010, 07:59:54 PM

Title: 3 grebe day
Post by: denis on April 11, 2010, 07:59:54 PM

captured these grebes at colonel sam smith park on saturday,including the not too common,western grebe.got lucky,as it only hung around for a short while,before dissapearing.
horned grebe
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2120/4512257475_b60df9d6f7_o.jpg)
western grebe
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2371/4512256191_b4a9c2a286_o.jpg)
redneck grebe
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4512691208_a4e02a8f6a_o.jpg)

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Post by: Neil on April 11, 2010, 08:10:06 PM

Great shots Denis and great find on that western Grebe, and nice meeting you yesterday.

Regards

Neil

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Post by: denis on April 11, 2010, 08:26:01 PM

thanks neil.
was great hanging out with you,and steve.we,ll have to do it again.

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Post by: Photoman on April 11, 2010, 08:26:55 PM

Sweet shots Denis, very good work.

Clemens 8)

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Post by: JW Mills on April 11, 2010, 08:56:41 PM

Nice shots Denis!

Title: Grebes
Post by: JTF on April 11, 2010, 09:18:09 PM

Beautiful images.

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Post by: mr.sharp-photo on April 11, 2010, 10:15:04 PM

nice job!
i may go grebing on tuesday

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Post by: steve rossi on April 12, 2010, 11:22:03 AM

Those are three nice looking Grebes you got there Denis. Your Horned Grebe came out really good considering the not too good shooting conditions with the very choppy water.

It was nice meeting and shooting with you that day maybe Hall`s rd in a couple of weeks.
I checked out your Astro shots, Amazing!!!

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Post by: Moira on April 12, 2010, 05:24:42 PM

Excellent shots Denis ... colour me green.

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Post by: denis on April 12, 2010, 05:37:50 PM

thanks for the kind words everyone.
steve: we,ll do,hall,s for sure.ospreys are back in town here,and got some real nice flight shots,this morning.i,d like another early morning chance at the horned grebes,also,as i,m not happy with these.

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Post by: dizzy on April 12, 2010, 08:02:30 PM

Just Beautiful! Especially love that red eye on the horned grebe.

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Post by: denis on April 12, 2010, 08:10:06 PM

thanks.
appreciate it.

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Post by: Greg Schneider on April 12, 2010, 08:25:49 PM

Wow, that western grebe is really something. I'm actually a bit surprised a pied-billed grebe hasn't shown up in the pond, which would have made that a four grebe day.  :)

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Post by: denis on April 13, 2010, 11:25:10 AM

thanks greg.
actually,there was a pie-billed grebe there,but too far out,for a shot.

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Post by: Brian Bailey on April 13, 2010, 12:46:06 PM

Denis,

That's a great shot of the Western Grebe.  If you haven't done so already, you should submit a rare bird report (http://www.ofo.ca/obrc/reportform.php).  The Western Grebe is on the review list (http://www.ofo.ca/checklist/south.php) for Ontario.  This is probably the same bird that was in Port Credit last month, but I don't think anyone got a good photo of it there.  I think it was only seen well out from shore.  With Sam Smith Park being such a grebe magnet, I wondered if it would show up there, but your sighting is the first I know of.

BB

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Post by: Luv2Bird on April 13, 2010, 01:18:43 PM

Hi Denis .. great shots ... nice to meet you at Col. Sam .. Vince and I got some shots too .. but missed the Western Grebe by a couple of hours!!!  Glad you were able to get such a super shot of it.

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Post by: denis on April 13, 2010, 04:53:37 PM

thanks brian,and sue.
appreciate it.