{"id":86766,"date":"2021-05-04T05:10:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T11:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=86766"},"modified":"2024-07-03T17:02:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T22:02:45","slug":"spring-eared-grebe-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/05\/04\/spring-eared-grebe-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Eared Grebe Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AdultAdult Eared Grebe in April \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

One morning last week I had many opportunities to take Eared Grebe photos at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> including one grebe with a large fish. Eared Grebes do breed in Utah and I would dearly love to find some young ones to photograph one day. Unlike the last Eared Grebes I photographed on the Bear River and shared here<\/span><\/a> these grebes were all photographed in the marsh near the auto tour route at the refuge.<\/p>\n

\"EaredEared Grebe with a large fish \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 400, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

When I spotted this Eared Grebe with a fish I photographed it swimming around with its prey. It was the first time I had found an Eared Grebe with prey that large.\u00a0 As this grebe swam around I spotted a Pied-billed Grebe swimming towards it.<\/p>\n

I knew that the Pied-billed Grebe was going to try to take the fish away from the smaller Eared Grebe and mentioned that out loud. Sure enough that is exactly what happened. The Pied-billed Grebe didn’t get the fish though. After a short chase the Eared Grebe swam away with its prey.<\/p>\n

\"EaredEared Grebe in the wetlands of Bear River MBR \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

On the south side of the auto tour route I found more Eared Grebes to photograph not far from the road. I loved the colors of the marsh vegetation that were reflected on the water.<\/p>\n

\"SpringSpring Eared Grebe \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 1250, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I enjoy having these small grebes in my viewfinder and will photograph them whenever I have the opportunity at the marshes of Bear River or on the hypersaline Great Salt Lake where they can be seen by the thousands during spring and fall migration<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

One morning last week I had many opportunities to take Eared Grebe photos at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge including one grebe with a large fish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130150,"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":[4004,4053,4284,4385,4432,877,707,4094,4271,4106,165,3996,4095],"class_list":["post-86766","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-plumage","tag-chase","tag-eared-grebe","tag-fish","tag-grebe","tag-grebes-2","tag-marsh","tag-podiceps-nigricollis","tag-prey","tag-spring","tag-water","tag-wetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/eared-grebe-adult-mia-mcpherson-1567.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-mzs","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":86766,"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":86766,"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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