18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
The plastic gift
During the courting period, the great grebes are used to exchange gifts, usually algae. In this photo a grebe donates a piece of plastic mistaken for a tasty seaweed. Plastic is now everywhere, in the seas, rivers, lakes ...
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 03.2019 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2020 |
Photo Location: | Sirmione, Italy |
Camera: | ILCE-7RM3 |
Copyright: | © Roberto Melotti |