{"id":57103,"date":"2019-04-06T06:51:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T12:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=57103"},"modified":"2024-12-30T06:57:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T12:57:43","slug":"hoping-for-more-photos-of-eared-grebes-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/04\/06\/hoping-for-more-photos-of-eared-grebes-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoping For More Photos Of Eared Grebes This Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EaredEared Grebe molting into breeding plumage – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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I have plenty of photos of Clark’s, Western and Pied-billed Grebes but few of Eared Grebes and I am hoping that this breeding season I will be able to have more of these small grebes in my viewfinder. I see Eared Grebes by the thousands and thousands on the Great Salt Lake from the causeway to Antelope Island in the spring and fall but they are usually way too far out to photograph to produce high quality images of individual birds.<\/p>\n

The Eared Grebe in these two photos was photographed at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> in late April of 2018.<\/p>\n

In July of 2017 I was able to document at least ten leucistic Eared Grebes<\/span><\/a> from the causeway which was a face-melting, amazing bird experience. Sadly the photos of those leucistic birds weren’t my best quality photos because of distance. I truly wish they had been closer and that I had been sitting on the shoreline for a low angle perspective of those “white” Eared Grebes. I’ll probably never see that many leucistic grebes in one day again.<\/p>\n

\"EaredEared Grebe in a marsh area – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Eared Grebes do nest in northern Utah and I think it would be fascinating to photograph their mating displays, their nests, and their young.<\/p>\n

Most of the time I only see these small grebes from a distance though and I’d really like to be closer to them and at eye level with them. In addition to the Great Salt Lake I also see eared Grebes at Farmington Bay WMA and Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and I keep hoping that one day I’ll get the frame filling images of them that I have been dreaming about for so long. Maybe 2019 will be the year I fulfill those dreams!<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Eared Grebe photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

More on the leucistic Eared Grebes I photographed in July of 2017:<\/p>\n

\"Birding<\/a>

Birding Photo Quiz: October 2017<\/p><\/div>\n

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Featured Photo – Birding Magazine October 2017<\/p>\n

By Peter Pyle and Mia McPherson<\/p>\n

\"Why<\/a>

Why So Many White Eared Grebes?<\/p><\/div>\n

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I have plenty of photos of Clark’s, Western and Pied-billed Grebes but few of Eared Grebes and I am hoping that this breeding season I will be able to have more of these small grebes in my viewfinder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,27,1148,377,26],"tags":[4004,4030,4053,4385,877,707,3455,4094,2312,4271,3996,4095],"class_list":["post-57103","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-eared-grebes","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-breeding","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-eared-grebe","tag-grebe","tag-grebes-2","tag-leucistic","tag-marsh","tag-molt","tag-podiceps-nigricollis","tag-water","tag-wetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/eared-grebe-bear-river-mbr-mia-mcpherson-4828.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-eR1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101664,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/04\/20\/eared-grebe-on-the-bear-river\/","url_meta":{"origin":57103,"position":0},"title":"Eared Grebe on the Bear River","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"About this time last year I took this photo of an adult Eared Grebe floating past me on the Bear River from the road that goes to the auto tour route.","rel":"","context":"In "Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge"","block_context":{"text":"Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult Eared Grebe on the Bear River, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/eared-grebe-breeding-plumage-mia-mcpherson-0433.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/eared-grebe-breeding-plumage-mia-mcpherson-0433.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/eared-grebe-breeding-plumage-mia-mcpherson-0433.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/eared-grebe-breeding-plumage-mia-mcpherson-0433.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":118050,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/11\/11\/eared-and-horned-grebe-nonbreeding-plumage-comparison\/","url_meta":{"origin":57103,"position":1},"title":"Eared And Horned Grebe Nonbreeding Plumage Comparison","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning, I wanted to share an Eared and Horned Grebe nonbreeding plumage comparison. 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