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Titre :	Least Grebes (Tachybaptus dominicus) Nesting on a Non-floating Concrete Structure at Roatan, Honduras (2018)
Auteurs :	Floyd E. Hayes, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Waterbirds (41(2) June 2018)
Article en page(s) :	183-185
Résumé :	Grebes typically build floating nests that are attached to vegetation and very rarely construct nests on non-floating structures. On 29 August 2017, a pair of Least Grebes (Tachybaptus dominicus) was photographed nesting on top of a non-floating concrete structure on a sewage pond at Roatan, Honduras. This observation demonstrates that Least Grebes may nest on artificial ponds lacking sufficient vegetation for constructing and anchoring a floating nest provided that a suitable flat and hard surface is available just above the water's surface.

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