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This is a non-mating Pied-billed Grebe in its winter plumage. Mating individuals will have a broad black band on their bills.
These birds fish underwater, and tend to "duck" under water when I try to take their picture : )
Rather indistinct in winter coloration, the Pied-billed Grebe isn't much showier in the summer. It will develop a broad, dark vertical band in the center of its bill that inspires its name "Pied-billed".
Winter or summer, they seem to be shy of photographers, quickly diving beneath the water, and emerging many feet farther away.
They are very widespread in North America, in the South during the winter, North in the summer.
This pied-billed grebe chick was out for a swim and be fed with the parent just after sunrise.
-Podilymbus podiceps
Grèbe à bec bigarré - juvénile
Pied-billed Grebe - juvenile
Podilymbus podiceps
Montréal, Québec
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Nikon D500, 200-500 mm, 390 mm, f/5.6, 1/800, ISO 720, Multi-Segment.
Grèbe à bec bigarré - juvénile
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
Nikon D500, 200-500 mm, 500 mm, f/5.6, 1/800, ISO 2200, Multi-segment.
This Pied-billed Grebe baby didn't take long to swallow this fish. In fact, it's amazing how quickly it happens.
Small brown grebe with a stout bill. Note dark eyes. During breeding season, look for black ring around white bill. In winter, neck is often washed with a cinnamon tone. Juvenile has stripes on head. Fairly common and widespread throughout the Americas, where it occurs on ponds and marshes, often with emergent vegetation. Frequently dives underwater to feed on fish. (eBird)
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Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory, British Columbia, Canada. June 2022.
I love the wee lil' tails of these cute grebes!
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Pied-billed Grebes are relatively small water birds (13.5"; 34 cm) that always seem to dive just as I'm about to snap the picture.
With their webbed toes, they are fairy fast swimmers, and may re-appear a good distance from where they dive. They catch fish underwater, and their strong, thick bills enable them to crack the exoskeleton of hard-shelled crustaceans.
I saw this pied-billed grebe in the lake with something in its mouth, and aimed the camera to see that it had a craw/cray fish. Wrestled around with it for awhile, then finally downed it whole.
Noted for being the widest ranging of all our species of grebes in North America it is more frequently heard than seen. Its best known characteristic is how it can rise and sink similar to a submarine and sit in water with just its nostrils and eyes showing.
A mating pair will build a floating nest midst sparse vegetation allowing them to see in all directions for any predator approaching. If a threat is suspected they cover their eggs and slip into the water with nothing to show of their existence other than a mat of marsh debris.
The Pied-billed Grebe is the least colourful of the grebe species as well as the smallest.
This juvenile is mature enough to be making its way in the world alone now.
Nikon D500, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 850mm, f/9, 1/800, ISO 900, Sigma TC-1401. Waterbird. View Large.
A Pied-billed Grebe just surfaced from a dive. This time the Grebe did not catch a meal or snack. Photo taken at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.