{"id":98951,"date":"2022-01-14T04:33:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T11:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=98951"},"modified":"2022-01-14T06:29:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T13:29:24","slug":"more-horned-grebe-photos-from-bear-river-mbr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/01\/14\/more-horned-grebe-photos-from-bear-river-mbr\/","title":{"rendered":"More Horned Grebe Photos From Bear River MBR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DivingDiving adult Horned Grebe \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

While I was at Bear River MBR<\/span><\/a> on Tuesday I found and photographed the Horned Grebe that I have been seeing at the refuge since the second day of the New Year. The grebe was a little farther away from me than it had been on the 9th of January<\/span><\/a>. I was okay with that. I was simply happy to find the grebe again. One of the first photos I took of the grebe showed it diving into the water.<\/p>\n

\"HornedHorned Grebe in nonbreeding plumage on calm water \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The water the grebe was on was such a lovely color from the clear blue sky reflecting on it. The water was also very calm because there was no wind or even a slight breeze that morning.<\/p>\n

\"HornedHorned Grebe after surfacing from a dive \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The Horned Grebe was actively foraging when I found it. I took this photo right after it surfaced from a dive. The morning light made the little black and white grebe glow.<\/p>\n

\"HornedHorned Grebe at the edge of an ice shelf \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The grebe made its dives very close to an extremely thin shelf of ice. In this photo that thin ice is barely noticeable in front of the bird.<\/p>\n

\"HornedHorned Grebe on open water in a winter marsh \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

When the grebe disappeared after diving into the water it was challenging to figure out where it was going to pop back up onto the surface.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Horned Grebe at the edge of ice \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Even though I would have liked having the Horned Grebe closer to me than it was I enjoyed having it in my viewfinder and being able to come home with more photos of it.<\/p>\n

\"DivingDiving adult Horned Grebe \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I never saw the Horned Grebe come to the surface with prey but it may have eaten anything it captured under the water.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Horned Grebe swimming away \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I took 165 photos of the Horned Grebe in the four minutes I had with it before it swam way out into the open water to the east.\u00a0 The four minutes I had alone with the continuing, uncommon Horned Grebe were quiet, peaceful and a delight.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

While I was at Bear River MBR on Tuesday I found and photographed the Horned Grebe that I have been seeing at the refuge since the second day of the New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98927,"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":[124,27,1148,12541,26],"tags":[4004,2061,4478,4159,7037,877,707,12543,4064,8485,4094,4246,6733,12542,2688,6248,1283,3996,5123,3485,373],"class_list":["post-98951","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-horned-grebes","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-calm","tag-dive","tag-diving","tag-edge","tag-grebe","tag-grebes-2","tag-horned-grebe","tag-ice","tag-ice-shelf","tag-marsh","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-open","tag-podiceps-auritus","tag-splashing","tag-surfacing","tag-swimming","tag-water","tag-waterbirds","tag-wetland","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/horned-grebe-adult-back-view-mia-mcpherson-8687.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-pJZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":98813,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/01\/10\/horned-grebe-in-the-marsh-at-bear-river-mbr\/","url_meta":{"origin":98951,"position":0},"title":"Horned Grebe In The Marsh At Bear River MBR","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"When I have the opportunity to photograph a Horned Grebe in the marsh at Bear River MBR I am going to jump at the chance and take as many photos as I can.","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":"Winter Horned Grebe at Bear River MBR, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/horned-grebe-winter-marsh-mia-mcpherson-6188.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/horned-grebe-winter-marsh-mia-mcpherson-6188.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/horned-grebe-winter-marsh-mia-mcpherson-6188.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/horned-grebe-winter-marsh-mia-mcpherson-6188.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":116223,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/09\/24\/demure-looking-western-grebe\/","url_meta":{"origin":98951,"position":1},"title":"Demure Looking Western Grebe","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 24, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week, I photographed this demure looking Western Grebe on one of the water units from the auto tour loop at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.","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":"Demure looking Western Grebe at Bear River MBR, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/western-grebe-demure-adult-mia-mcpherson-0816.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/western-grebe-demure-adult-mia-mcpherson-0816.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/western-grebe-demure-adult-mia-mcpherson-0816.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/western-grebe-demure-adult-mia-mcpherson-0816.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":98951,"position":2},"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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