Thursday, January 17, 2013

Wild Bird Wednesday: Australasian Grebe

A couple of months ago, I visited the Gold Coast Regional Botanical Gardens and saw this beautiful family of Australasian Grebes.

Mum, Dad & the kids:

Feeding time:

Non breeding colours:


Breeding colours:


I just love those fluffy little butts!!

Sharing with Stewart's meme:

10 comments:

GOOSE said...

Who doesn't love a fluffy butt.
Blessings,
Goose

Judy said...

Beautiful shots! Love that last one :)

Giga said...

Miło zobaczyć śliczne perkozy, które inaczej wyglądają od naszych. Pozdrawiam.
Nice to see beautiful grebes, which otherwise look from our own. Yours.

Mary Gene Atwood said...

such cute little fellas! Guess this isn't the time to tell you I had duck last night? It was amazing.

TexWisGirl said...

those striped head youngsters always intrigue me. :)

Grandma Barb's This and That said...

Love the fluffy little butts and also those golden eyes.

Mary Howell Cromer said...

Oh I do love these, what sweet looking faces on these beauties!

Gemma Wiseman said...

Gorgeous collection of photos! Adore the mix of colours in breeding season! A real "look at me" job!

Stewart M said...

Very nice pictures - WHen I watch them they seem t spend most of the times under the water!!

Thanks for the link to WBW.

Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne.

PS: sorry for slow reply - I been out of internet range in Tasmania!

Pat Tillett said...

Nice shots! Love to watch water birds going about their business. They are always so busy...

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