{"id":40903,"date":"2016-08-12T05:08:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T11:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=40903"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:30:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:30:59","slug":"hungry-western-grebe-chick-begging-to-be-fed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/08\/12\/hungry-western-grebe-chick-begging-to-be-fed\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungry Western Grebe Chick Begging To Be Fed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WesternWestern Grebe chick begging to be fed – Nikon D810, f8, 1\/1000, ISO 400, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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Yesterday I posted a video that had the sound of a Western Grebe chick begging<\/a><\/span> for food from its parent but the chick couldn’t be seen because of some rushes.<\/p>\n

I was back at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge yesterday morning and there were grebes in the same location as there were on the day that I took the video but this time I could see the chick clearly. I was able to take several images of this hungry Western Grebe chick begging to be fed and laughed out loud when I saw this funny face through my view finder. If birds had tonsils, I could see them with the bill open this wide.<\/p>\n

Not only are the Western Grebe chicks loud and persistent when they beg for food they can almost look scary too.<\/p>\n

\"FluffyFluffy Western Grebe chick at Bear River MBR – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

To be fair though, most of the time they don’t look scary, they look fluffy. I don’t know how old this chick is but it has developed the red eyes of the adults even while it sports its juvenal plumage.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Western Grebe photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was able to take several images of this hungry Western Grebe chick begging to be fed and laughed out loud when I saw this funny face through my view finder. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[124,27,1148,26,161],"tags":[699,740,4134,707,4067,4071,4094,3996,4014,4095,4193],"class_list":["post-40903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-utah","category-western-grebes","tag-aechmophorus-occidentalis","tag-begging","tag-chick","tag-grebes-2","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-marsh","tag-water","tag-western-grebe","tag-wetlands","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t