1 Australasian Grebe at Monash, ACT
Identification history
| Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | 5 Jan 2021 | Liam.m | ||
| Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | 4 Jan 2021 | RodDeb |
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5 young being fed on nest until a Dusky Moorhen came in and pushed them off and started destroying the nest. The adult pair of Grebes watched helplessly the 5 youngsters were together in the water nearby. The Moorhen finally got off the nest and the pair of Grebes chased it off, but the Grebes did not go back on the nest. The pair swam off with their 5 chicks. On our way back past they were not on the nest and it looked as if it had been destroyed even more. Happy ending as we have found out the next day that the family were spotted back on their nest.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.080364-35.421697
- Altitude 587.3m
- Maps Isabella Pond Tuggeranong Creek to Monash Grassland
- Places Monash, ACT
Sighting information
- 7 Abundance
- 3 Jan 2021 02:15 PM Recorded on
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Birds Water birds Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) RodDeb
Additional information
- True Nesting site
Species information
- Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Scientific name
- Australasian Grebe Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1069.9m Recorded at altitude
- 624 images trained Machine learning
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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