Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Pied-billed Grebe

 I am linking up my Pied-billed Grebe with

World Bird Wednesday  and Nature Notes

During our last visit to Bombay Hook NWR we sat and watched a couple of Pied-billed Grebes. They were swimming around and every once in a while they would dive. I think they are one of the cutest birds with adorable faces.


The Pied-billed Grebe nest on ponds and lakes and winters on fresh bodies of water and protected bays.  They are warm brown in color, have dark eyes and a white eye ring. Their bill is short, black and banded.

This shot is a little fuzzy because of how far I had to zoom. But, I love it's adorable face.



It was hard to capture two of the Grebes close together, every time I would go to snap the photo one of them would dive.

Thanks for stopping by to see my post, I hope you love my Grebes too.  Thanks to Springman for hosting World Bird Wednesday and to Michelle for hosting Nature Notes. I hope the rest of your week is a happy one.

To see more beautiful birds and wonderful photos please visit World Bird Wednesday  and   Nature Notes


46 comments:

  1. A lovely little bird to see.. we had one over here a year ago... blown across the pond by one of the big storms..

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  2. They certainly look like happy little grebes! (not that I know a grebe from a dweeb, but maybe now I do).

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  3. I love them! Saw my first ones last summer at "our" Oregon Lake -- and even saw one with babies on its back (one picture I'll never forget!).

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  4. these are undoubtedly some of my favorite waterfowl. so darn cute and tiny and full of spunk!!! :)

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  5. They're beauties Rileen. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  6. nice shots of the grebe. We don´t have this one so it is a pleasure to see it.

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  7. you don't often think of birds having cute faces, but he does!

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  8. I agree - what sweet faces! You did a great job of capturing them - too cute!

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  9. They are so adorable! I just love the little banded beak!

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  10. I like how you've put all these pics together in several shots. We have them here but I have yet to find them. They're hiding somewhere:) I'd agree...their faces are quite agreeable:)

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  11. They are so cute with that little band around their bill! Great job!

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  12. How sweet is the pie-billed grebe with the little band around it's bill

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  13. These are such sweet-looking birds. And I loved those beaks!! Lovely series of shots!

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  14. They do have the cutest little faces. I was trying to catch two mergansers in the same shot today and ran into the same problem, one kept diving.

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  15. You did a nice job with the watery reflections..I like these photos and your mosaic!
    Wishing you a good afternoon Eileen~

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  16. I love the Grebes too, Eileen... They do have the cutest little faces... Thanks for sharing.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  17. Cool sighting, Eileen! The close up is amazingly clear!

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  18. They are lovely birds, thanks for sharing.

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  19. A great series of photos. Those Grebes look like fun to watch.

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  20. I love grebes! They're fantastic little birds and quite shy! Great photos, Eileen!

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  21. You got some great shots there Eileen of that lovely little grebe.

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  22. Wow, they're so adorable, love them.
    Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos.
    Have a wonderful day.
    Mette

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  23. Great little bird, beautiful photos.

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  24. Eileen,
    Nice shots of the grebe!!

    Shantana

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  25. Great little Grebe - they always seem hard to get close to.

    The corellas do get around in big flocks - but this was a big one!

    Stewart M - Australia

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  26. What a delightful little bird this is, I have never seen one or heard of it before, so thanks for this information.

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  27. They are beautiful birds indeed! Thanks for sharing as I have never seen one before..

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  28. You took some great shots of the grebes.

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  29. Sweet grebes!I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for these!

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  30. A smart bird that wears a black ring on its beak.

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  31. I never saw grebes before! You're right-their faces are really cute. :). Good job with the photos, and thanks for sharing!

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  32. HI Eileen...What an adorable little guy with that dark, and bill ring!!
    I have never seen one in photo's before thanks for showing him!
    I also enjoyed your post from yesterday ..all those Coots in a group super shot!! : }}
    Grace

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  33. I agree with you, pied-billed grebes get my vote for cuteness and their chicks are even cuter, though I have never seen one!

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  34. I too love the Pied-billed Grebe Eileen! These are great shots of these little beauties. My favorite thing about Pied-billed Grebes? The way they sometimes just sink like a submarine!

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  35. Never seen one along my river - it's a lovely little bird isn't it and you got a good shot of its markings on the beak.

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  36. I agree with you about them being cute! The marking the bill is really cool too.

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  37. what a lovely series Eileen..I agree that the face is so sweet and what a treat to get to photograph them...Michelle

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  38. Hi Eileen, I so like these water birds! They are very shy and you have done an outstanding job of taking their picture! They often dive just when I want to get a photo taken. Ha! Have a most wonderful Thursday tomorrow!

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  39. They are cute. You are right they have adorable faces, a punk hairstyle and someone has bound up their beaks. They must be noisy.

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  40. They ARE cute - I also love bird watching!

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  41. Hi dear! What lovely shots...I lobe the bird and the reflections...
    Hug you

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  42. Lovely shots. They really are cute little birds.

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