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Little Grebes

Saurophaganax · 2013-11-30 20:36:48

Hey everyone I was taking a walk today by my local river and was pleasantly surprised to see a total of twelve little grebes there, having not seen them for a couple of months. I was wondering; do little grebes abandon territoriality in winter? Are all these birds related, unisex? Any info would be great.

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30-11-2013 9:36pm

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Saurophaganax

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Hey everyone

I was taking a walk today by my local river and was pleasantly surprised to see a total of twelve little grebes there, having not seen them for a couple of months. I was wondering; do little grebes abandon territoriality in winter? Are all these birds related, unisex? Any info would be great.

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#2 30-11-2013 10:43pm
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This must be a very slow flowing river, as Little Grebe frequent lakes, ponds and marshes with an occasional canal. They do not like flowing water. They will flock in Winter but 12 is a fairly large group. They are likely to not all be related and of mixed sexes.

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