Mom taking a break from her crowded tree cavity. Not a lot of room with her 3 growing kids.

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Clark's Grebes, similar to Western Grebes, but better looking doing their famous courting ritual.

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Slowly but surely, Jr is getting the hang of it. Took him about 5 tries, but he is getting the idea. Dad has a lot of patience, thankfully. Mom has been a no show for about a week now, so we don't know if she is sitting on eggs somewhere on a second clutch. or if something happen to her.

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Chicks been flying less than a week and have a lot to learn. Dad teaching Jr the first step in learning how to hunt.

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