{"id":11864,"date":"2019-03-04T09:21:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T14:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=11864"},"modified":"2019-03-04T09:21:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T14:21:11","slug":"courting-grebes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=11864","title":{"rendered":"Courting Grebes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"11863\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=11863\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dsc05339_polarr.jpg?fit=2000%2C1309&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1309\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-RX10M4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1551616741&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;220&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dsc05339_polarr\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dsc05339_polarr.jpg?fit=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dsc05339_polarr.jpg?fit=904%2C591&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dsc05339_polarr.jpg?resize=904%2C592&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11863\" width=\"904\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dsc05339_polarr.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dsc05339_polarr.jpg?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dsc05339_polarr.jpg?resize=768%2C503&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dsc05339_polarr.jpg?resize=1024%2C670&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dsc05339_polarr.jpg?resize=904%2C592&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dsc05339_polarr.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We went to Lake Hodges to see the courting Western and Clark&#8217;s Grebes. These two are Western and are doing the last act of the courting ritual before actually getting up and running, or &#8220;rushing&#8221; as it is called, across the water. This pair actually decided not to rush, but they got as far as flinging water at each other with their bills. San Diego River Park at Lake Hodges, Sony RX10iv at 600mm. My birds in flight and action modifications to Program mode. 1\/1000th @ f4 @ ISO 200. 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