Two Western Grebes in a Spectacular Rush Across the Surface of Lake Wohlford

Two Western Grebes in a Spectacular Rush Across the Surface of Lake Wohlford. Rushing is a courtship behavior among grebes and requires the aquatic birds to step as rapidly as 20 beats per second to walk across water in this way. Simply amazing. Escondido, California, USA, Aechmophorus occidentalis, natural history stock photograph, photo id 40866
Two Western Grebes in a Spectacular Rush Across the Surface of Lake Wohlford. Rushing is a courtship behavior among grebes and requires the aquatic birds to step as rapidly as 20 beats per second to walk across water in this way. Simply amazing. Escondido, California, USA

This image is featured in: When Clark's Grebes and Western Grebes Walk on Water - The Courtship Behavior of Rushing Grebes

Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40866
Format: Digital 3:4
Keywords: aechmophorus, aechmophorus occidentalis, animalia, aves, california, chordata, courting, courtship, escondido, grebe, lake wohlford, mating, podicipedidae, podicipediformes, rushing, san diego, usa, western grebe
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