Baby Great Crested Grebes in January?

These HUMBUGS have hatched very early with the first being reported on January 8th.  Normally you wouldn’t expect to see them until mid April.  I was even planning to go to see them as a venue when I am running my “ART OF NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP” in May.  There’s a good chance there will be a second brood by then but there are other pairs of Great Crested Grebes resident so I expect more broods to be around at that time.  In any case I have a packed schedule for the 3 day workshop with plenty of flexibility.  After all nature works to it’s own calendar.