Pied-billed Grebe

IraRunyanIraRunyan Registered Users Posts: 1,013 Major grins
edited October 15, 2010 in Wildlife
The Pied-billed Grebe is rarely seen in flight. It prefers to escape predators by diving, and it migrates at night.

Although it swims like a duck, the Pied-billed Grebe does not have webbed feet. Each toe has lobes extending out on the sides that provide extra surface area for paddling.

After hatching, the downy chicks sleep on the back of a parent, held close beneath its wings.

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  • jackiejayjackiejay Registered Users Posts: 714 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    thats a cute bird hes got a baby face to me (if that make any sense saying it about a bird :))
  • LindiweLindiwe Registered Users Posts: 606 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    Another little beauty! I hope you can capture one with a payload of chicks when the season comes round again. That would be an amazing thing to see.
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  • GaleGale Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2010
    They are really cute
    Nice image
    Best Regards
    Gale

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