{"id":40880,"date":"2016-08-11T05:22:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T11:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=40880"},"modified":"2024-11-12T03:55:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T09:55:53","slug":"western-grebe-with-three-chicks-with-a-bonus-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/08\/11\/western-grebe-with-three-chicks-with-a-bonus-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Grebe with Three Chicks with a Bonus Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, #ffffff 0%,#ffffff 100%);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-136708 size-full\" title=\"Western Grebe with three chicks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/western-grebe-adult-and-three-chicks-mia-mcpherson-1804.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/western-grebe-adult-and-three-chicks-mia-mcpherson-1804.jpg\" alt=\"Western Grebe with three chicks, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/western-grebe-adult-and-three-chicks-mia-mcpherson-1804-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/western-grebe-adult-and-three-chicks-mia-mcpherson-1804-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/western-grebe-adult-and-three-chicks-mia-mcpherson-1804-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/western-grebe-adult-and-three-chicks-mia-mcpherson-1804-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/western-grebe-adult-and-three-chicks-mia-mcpherson-1804-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/western-grebe-adult-and-three-chicks-mia-mcpherson-1804-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/western-grebe-adult-and-three-chicks-mia-mcpherson-1804-800x571.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/western-grebe-adult-and-three-chicks-mia-mcpherson-1804.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Western Grebe with three chicks &#8211; Nikon D810, f8, 1\/1600, ISO 640, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This past Sunday when I photographed pelicans, herons, egrets and geese at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge I also took a few videos with my phone. One of the videos I took was more about the sounds than the subject but it also shows the great view from the south side of the auto tour route. It was pretty windy so that can also be heard.<\/p>\n<p>After the Western and Clark&#8217;s Grebes have their young it can be a bit on the noisy side with all the grebe chicks begging to be fed.<\/p>\n<p>This image of a Western Grebe with three chicks was taken last August at the refuge.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"--awb-max-width:1164px;--awb-max-height:819px;--awb-width:100%;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT8S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"The sounds of a juvenile Western Grebe begging\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2016-08-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/GDp8Ebp_F7Q\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GDp8Ebp_F7Q\" \/><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:70.36%;\" ><iframe class=\"lazyload\" title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271164%27%20height%3D%27819%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201164%20819%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271164%27%20height%3D%27819%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GDp8Ebp_F7Q?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0&amp;rel=0\" width=\"1164\" height=\"819\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:25px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>The sound you hear in the video is just one Western Grebe chick begging to be fed and it was loud even over the wind! Imagine hundreds of grebe chicks making that sound as you drive around the auto tour route. The chick is not visible in this video, it is behind the rushes in the foreground.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the refuge and the auto tour route, it was announced yesterday afternoon on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Facebook page that the auto tour route is now open again from sunrise to sunset. I guess they wrapped up the dike and road maintenance early! Yay!<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/western-grebe-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Western Grebe photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sound you hear in the video is just one Western Grebe chick begging to be fed and it was loud even over the 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