Great Crested Grebe Courtship Dance

A pair of Great Crested Grebes in breeding plumage perform their courtship dance. Face-to-face, the two Grebes extend their head plumage and shake their heads, occasionally reaching back to touch their backs with their bills.

The Great Crested Grebe's courtship display sometimes includes the weed dance where the Grebes dive down into the water and reappear with a beak full of weed. They then swim back to each other and rear up out of the water, paddling frantically to keep upright. This part of the Grebe's courtship display lasts for just a few seconds and hopefully I'll be lucky enough to capture it for a future video.

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