Those grebes (maybe 50 of them) presented an interesting spectrum of age and plumage-cycle differences. Mainly Hoary-headed with a salting of Australasian.
The very young chicks must have hatched on or near that water body. Below phots all on 4 Feb.
From: Julie Clark
Sent: Monday, 27 February 2017 8:43 PM
To: COG Chatline
Subject: [canberrabirds] Painted Snipe etc Lake Rd Dam
Thanks to all who gave me directions ad passed on information about the Painted Snipe/s at Lake Rd Dam. Len & I had success this afternoon ... we saw the female and I took some very
poor photos.
We noticed that the grebes there look much paler than those we have seen elsewhere. Is that just Hoary-headed non-breeding plumage?
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