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Extreme closeup view of a Western Grebe as it rushes, running across the water as part of an elaborate courtship behavior, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Extreme closeup view of a Western Grebe as it rushes, running across the water as part of an elaborate courtship behavior.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40845  
Two Western Grebes in a Spectacular Rush Across the Surface of Lake Wohlford. Rushing is a courtship behavior among grebes and requires the aquatic birds to step as rapidly as 20 beats per second to walk across water in this way. Simply amazing, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Escondido, California
Two Western Grebes in a Spectacular Rush Across the Surface of Lake Wohlford. Rushing is a courtship behavior among grebes and requires the aquatic birds to step as rapidly as 20 beats per second to walk across water in this way. Simply amazing.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40868  
Two Western Grebes Walk on Water. Grebe rushing, a courtship behavior, happens when the birds slap the lake surface up to 20 times per second, literally running across the water, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Two Western Grebes Walk on Water. Grebe rushing, a courtship behavior, happens when the birds slap the lake surface up to 20 times per second, literally running across the water.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40889  
Violet-Green Swallow in Flight, Tachycineta thalassina, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Violet-Green Swallow in Flight, Tachycineta thalassina, Lake Wohlford.
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40897  
Cliff Swallow in Flight, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Cliff Swallow in Flight, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Lake Wohlford.
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40899  
Western Grebe rushes across Lake Wohlford, exhibiting a spectacular courtship behavior in which the aquatic bird literally runs across the surface of the water while its feet hit the water up to 20 times per second, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Escondido, California
Western Grebe rushes across Lake Wohlford, exhibiting a spectacular courtship behavior in which the aquatic bird literally runs across the surface of the water while its feet hit the water up to 20 times per second.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 41539  
Western Grebes rushing across Lake Wohlford, exhibiting a spectacular courtship behavior in which the aquatic birds literally run across the surface of the water while their feet hit the water up to 20 times per second, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Escondido, California
Western Grebes rushing across Lake Wohlford, exhibiting a spectacular courtship behavior in which the aquatic birds literally run across the surface of the water while their feet hit the water up to 20 times per second.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 41545  
Courting Western Grebes, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Courting Western Grebes.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 41542  
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back, Aechmophorus clarkii, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back.
Species: Clark's Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Image ID: 41798  
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back, Aechmophorus clarkii, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back.
Species: Clark's Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Image ID: 41799  
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back, Aechmophorus clarkii, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back.
Species: Clark's Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Image ID: 41800  
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back, Aechmophorus clarkii, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back.
Species: Clark's Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Image ID: 41801  
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back, Aechmophorus clarkii, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back.
Species: Clark's Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Image ID: 41802  
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back, Aechmophorus clarkii, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back.
Species: Clark's Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Image ID: 41803  
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back, Aechmophorus clarkii, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back.
Species: Clark's Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Image ID: 41804  
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back, Aechmophorus clarkii, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Clark's Grebe Chick Rides on its Parent's Back. Both parents will carry the chicks. Riding on its parent's back is a form of protection for the young chick, and it will adopt this safe position until it becomes too large to fit on the adults back.
Species: Clark's Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, Califoria
Image ID: 41805  
Desert Cottontail Rabbit at Lake Hodges, Escondido
Desert Cottontail Rabbit at Lake Hodges, Escondido.
Image ID: 39393  
Desert Cottontail Rabbit at Lake Hodges, Escondido
Desert Cottontail Rabbit at Lake Hodges, Escondido.
Image ID: 39394  
Acorn Woodpecker Adult and Chick at the Nest, Lake Hodges, Melanerpes formicivorus, San Diego, California
Acorn Woodpecker Adult and Chick at the Nest, Lake Hodges.
Species: Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus
Location: Lake Hodges, San Diego, California
Image ID: 39398  
Acorn Woodpecker Adult and Chick at the Nest, Lake Hodges, Melanerpes formicivorus, San Diego, California
Acorn Woodpecker Adult and Chick at the Nest, Lake Hodges.
Species: Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus
Location: Lake Hodges, San Diego, California
Image ID: 39399  
Clark's Grebes rushing side by side, a spectacular courtship behavior in which the aquatic birds literally run on the surface of the water while slapping their feet up to 20 times per second, Aechmophorus clarkii, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Clark's Grebes rushing side by side, a spectacular courtship behavior in which the aquatic birds literally run on the surface of the water while slapping their feet up to 20 times per second.
Species: Clark's Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40846  
Western Grebes rushing across Lake Wohlford, exhibiting a spectacular courtship behavior in which the aquatic birds literally run across the surface of the water while their feet hit the water up to 20 times per second, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Escondido, California
Western Grebes rushing across Lake Wohlford, exhibiting a spectacular courtship behavior in which the aquatic birds literally run across the surface of the water while their feet hit the water up to 20 times per second.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40847  
An unusual mixed-species pair of grebes rushing, Western Grebe on right and Clark's Grebe on left. In this spectacular courtship behavior, the grebes beat their feet so rapidly they literally run over the surface of the water, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Aechmophorus clarkii, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
An unusual mixed-species pair of grebes rushing, Western Grebe on right and Clark's Grebe on left. In this spectacular courtship behavior, the grebes beat their feet so rapidly they literally run over the surface of the water.
Species: Western Grebe, Clark's Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Aechmophorus clarkii
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40849  
Clark's Grebe on Lake Wohlford, Aechmophorus clarkii, Escondido, California
Clark's Grebe on Lake Wohlford.
Species: Clark's Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40850  
Western Grebe Rushing, Running Across Water, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Western Grebe Rushing, Running Across Water.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40851  
Hook the Western Grebe with a fishing hook embedded in the back side of his head, Lake Wohlford, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Escondido, California
Hook the Western Grebe with a fishing hook embedded in the back side of his head, Lake Wohlford.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40852  
Two Western Grebes in a Spectacular Rush Across the Surface of Lake Wohlford. Rushing is a courtship behavior among grebes and requires the aquatic birds to step as rapidly as 20 beats per second to walk across water in this way. Simply amazing, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Escondido, California
Two Western Grebes in a Spectacular Rush Across the Surface of Lake Wohlford. Rushing is a courtship behavior among grebes and requires the aquatic birds to step as rapidly as 20 beats per second to walk across water in this way. Simply amazing.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40869  
Two Western Grebes Walk on Water. Grebe rushing, a courtship behavior, happens when the birds slap the lake surface up to 20 times per second, literally running across the water, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Two Western Grebes Walk on Water. Grebe rushing, a courtship behavior, happens when the birds slap the lake surface up to 20 times per second, literally running across the water.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40892  
Cliff Swallow in Flight, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Cliff Swallow in Flight, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Lake Wohlford.
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40900  
American White Pelican in Flight, breeding adult with fibrous plate on upper mandible of bill, Lake Wohlford, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Escondido, California
American White Pelican in Flight, breeding adult with fibrous plate on upper mandible of bill, Lake Wohlford.
Species: White pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40904  
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