Australasian Grebe. - a photo on Flickriver

            The Australasian grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) is a small waterbird common on fresh water lakes and rivers in greater Australia, New Zealand and on nearby Pacific islands.

The Australasian grebe is an excellent swimmer and diver, and usually dives immediately when alarmed and swims away under water.

They are not strong flyers and will fly distances only at night, presumably to avoid predators. They tend not to leave their home base if there is sufficient food. If disturbed they will dive and re-surface 10–15 metres away rather than fly.

Its small size and aesthetically unremarkable feathers may have served to protect the Australasian grebe from some of fashion’s worst excesses in the early 1900s. This was not so for its larger cousin, the great crested grebe. A writer to Adelaide’s Evening Journal (on 11 May 1907) quaintly extolled the virtues of the plumage of the great crested grebe, praising not their functionality for the grebe, but their value as a decorative addition to the popular headwear of the day:

Grebe, which makes a tentative reappearance every now and then, chiefly for children, is really very pretty wear for a fresh young girl. And a set consisting of toque, stole, and muff can look quite smart, and is certainly becoming with its pretty satiny white feathers shading to brown…

Fortunately for the grebe, fashions come and go.

Taken on: April 13, 2023

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Camera: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3 II, f/8.0, 1/1000 sec, 500mm (=750mm), ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3 II
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	500mm (35mm equivalent: 750mm)
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	-1.7 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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