Supplementing their diet

Great Crested Grebes eat fish. Here’s a shot from the weekend showing just that:

Great Crested Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

What I didn’t know is that they supplement their fishy diet with dragonfly nymphs. Here’s one after a successful dive with a nymph still waving its legs in annoyance:

Great Crested Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

They need all the nutrition they can get to keep their plumage and crests so spectacular:

Great Crested Grebe - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Gorgeous, aren’t they?

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