By 05.30hrrs this morning we were watching the Great Crested Grebe family.
Both parents work together to support the chicks.
Grebe regularly eats its own feathers, which form a plug in their stomach, this acts as a filter, holding fish bones until they can be digested; the parents also feed feathers to their chicks you can see this in the video.
The video film is filmed in slow motion – it is fairly long but it does show some interesting parental behaviour.
Continued Reflections from my World. 
Excellent shots Andy and I didn’t know that about the feathers! That one Grebe with the fish in its mouth must be full to just swim around with it in its mouth?
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He/she was taking it around the island to the other adult bird who at that time had all 4 chicks on its back.
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oh,…..take out.
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An important observation – how as a couple they share the bringing up of the chicks. Some of the time one bird had all 4 and the other was off feeding or geting food, then they would swop over or have 2 each. I can not see difference between the sexes. Same when sitting on the nest refered to her when sitting but it could have been dad!
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great observations Andy!
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Interesting facts to know about Grebes. Thanks for sharing!!
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Glad you found it of intrest.
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