Black Neck Grebes

I have been out of circulation for a couple of days, however I visited Drift Reservoir to photograph the two Black Necked Grebe overwintering there. They spent some time in the reserve section at the rear of the dam but patience paid of and they eventually passed close to the hide allowing reasonable photography, although with the cloud cover it meant pushing the ISO to 1000 again.

Black Neck Grebe

The early worm catches the bird. This compliant Black Neck Grebe allowed me some nice shots this morning at Drift. This bird is probably the one first photographed at Longrock Pool by Monts and then by Rachel at Drift earlier this week. As Rachel said it usually feeds around the area after the board walk. After my photographic session with Grebe I proceeded out to the hide only to be followed by the bird who then swam in front of the hide then out across the Dam and resided at the Skimmel Bridge end of Drift.