Bird of the Year 2020: Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

[Fleur]

14:16 The chick climbed on the back of the parent

14:47 Parent stood up and the chick fell down from her back
14:49 The chick is climbing back to the parent's back

[Fleur]

May 30

Early in the morning

4:30 At first I thought where is the little one?
But there he is. On the back with the other parent

[Fleur]

8:46 feeding something small

[Fleur]

8:53

[Fleur]

9:18 feeding little Fish

[Fleur]

9:26 feeding

[ExpertOfNothing]

Feeding a passenger on a cruise yacht

[Hellem]

18:00 Mom rolled the eggs (still 4 eggs) and the little one fell down into the water, 18:01 ... climbed back
18:56 The other parent is feeding this striped beauty on the nest rim
18:57 The chick climbed again to the mom's back
20:02, 20:12 Mom is feeding the chick on her back
20:16 The little GC grebe fell again down into the water from the mom's back

Fleur, ExpertOfNothing thank you

[Fleur]

May 31

6:06 Little one rolls out of the feathers, gets a bite to eat, goes back, rolls out of the feathers and ends up in the water. Swims a little and then it crawls on the other parent's back.

[Felis silvestris]

There are two now



At around 9:30 cam time the little one was fed and 4 eggs were in the nest.

[Moira]

14.46 - one chick was struggling a bit, eventually it pulled the other one over, so that it ended up in the water. The first chick happily climbed on the parent, the other one is left floating on the water, as it couldn't get back to the nest. First it was stuck under the straws and then perhaps cold or tired or both.

[Moira]

15.28 - it's still in the water

[Moira]

The parent goes to check but the chick is not climbing on the back, so the parent returns to the nest

[Hellem]

Moira , is the chick dead, it's motionless in the water, the other chick is very active

[Moira]

Hellem

I suspect it's dead indeed. The water must be quite cold and it's well over an hour now.

[Fleur]

all.
Thanks for the up-date.

So sad.

[Hellem]

22:38 A duck passed close to the nest
22:39 The GC grebe changed her position, still 3 eggs on the nest bowl and the chick on her back
22:53 The GC grebe is sleeping

[Fleur]

June 1

5:12 Early in the morning change

[Fleur]

7:53 change and Fish

[Moira]

Fleur

7.51 the parent tried to feed the chick with the fish a bit too large