Pied-billed Grebe and Leech

by Jay Martin

Gallery: AvianPosted September 26, 20062,238 views17 comments

I caught this grebe drooling over this leech

D70 500mm 4.5
1/200 F/6.3
ev -0.3
cropped for tighter comp.

Thanks for taking a look and all comments appreciated.

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Patrick Lor on September 26, 2006 at 8:47 PM

An excellent portrait of the grebe Jay!

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Comment posted by Satie Sharma on September 26, 2006 at 8:55 PM

Awesome shot, Jay!

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Comment posted by Jude Haase on September 26, 2006 at 9:37 PM

WOW!! Fine shot Jay!!!

Registered on April 3, 2006, 236 Posts, 1657 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Spiecker on September 26, 2006 at 11:08 PM

Yum! - at least from this fine Grebe's perspective. Fine shot Jay.

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Comment posted by Glenn Bartley on September 26, 2006 at 11:09 PM

Very nice indeed.

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Comment posted by Doug Backlund on September 26, 2006 at 11:31 PM

Killer shot!

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Comment posted by Colin Smale on September 27, 2006 at 3:35 AM

Very nice

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Comment posted by David Hemmings on September 27, 2006 at 6:49 AM

This is lovely, great moment captured here and well done

Dave

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Comment posted by Tim McIntyre on September 27, 2006 at 6:55 AM

Ditto everyone else!

Registered on August 19, 2006, 85 Posts, 1074 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on September 27, 2006 at 11:22 AM

Very nice.

I don't know how everyone manages to get so close to these birds - I've always found PBG's to like their distance.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on September 27, 2006 at 1:42 PM

Great capture!

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on September 27, 2006 at 7:59 PM

I like the action and context; very nice. How far were you from the bird?

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Comment posted by Jay Martin on September 27, 2006 at 8:47 PM

Thanks for the comments!
When I arrived the grebe was on the far side of the wetland feeding. I slowly laid on my stomach and watched. I was on my stomach for a hour and a half watching and allowing this grebe to get comfortable with me. It eventually moved in while feeding to within 25ft. This shot is cropped.

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Comment posted by Bob Steele on September 27, 2006 at 11:13 PM

Killer shot, Jay! I like everything about this one, even the leech.

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Comment posted by Neil Losin on September 29, 2006 at 12:17 AM

Hi Jay,

Great predator/prey shot. Never seen these guys take leeches before!

Registered on September 16, 2005, 145 Posts, 3524 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on October 3, 2006 at 5:14 PM

Eeeww! It IS a leechÉ

This is one of my favorite birds and now I like them even better for including LEECHES in their diet!
What a beautiful shot. Congrats on the EP.

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Comment posted by Kenneth Kijewski on October 10, 2006 at 7:47 AM

Wow!!!

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