Great Crested Grebe - Renuka Vijayaraghavan
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Renuka Vijayaraghavan Media from this contributor

Date

Location

Ukkulam Lake
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Map
Map Coordinates: 10.9656924, 76.7486858
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Media notes

Largest grebe with Beautiful prominent crest,longer neck,non breeding individual seen with pink bill and prominent white above the eye,winter visitor from Europe and Central Asia to northern India not recorded in tamilnadu or southern peninsular India earlier . Known to have been a threatened species in the 19th century hunted for feathers with drastic decline in population though no longer a threat now. This individual was seen swimming around the lake preening at times,coming closer to the shores,diving in many a time ,dabbling behaviour very prominent.Had a very cute spectacular and funny way of paddling probably because of its legs that are placed at the rear of its body .

Observation details

The bird kept coming so close he was not shy at all Check the YouTube video https://youtu.be/RVDiq-uKv4k

Technical information

Model
NIKON D7100
ISO
100
Focal length
500 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto
f-stop
f/6.3
Shutter speed
1/320 sec
Dimensions
1440 pixels x 1080 pixels
Original file size
356.63 KB