Reflected Grebe

by Dawn Currie

Title

Reflected Grebe

Artist

Dawn Currie

Medium

Photograph - Digital

Description

Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie. Portrait of a Pied-billed Grebe photographed in Wakodahatchee Wetlands in southern Florida.

Featured on Fine Art America/Pixels:
- A Birding Group - Wings
- ABC Group
- All Things Reflective
- Animal Photographs
- Beauty
- Bird Watchers
- Birds In Focus
- FAA Portraits - Birds
- For The Love Of Birds
- Premium FAA Artists
- The Road To Self Promotion
- Wild Birds Of The World
- Wildlife
- 10 Plus Favorites
- 500 Views

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps): Part bird, part submarine, the Pied-billed Grebe is common across much of North America. These small brown birds have unusually thick bills that turn silver and black in summer. These expert divers inhabit sluggish rivers, freshwater marshes, lakes, and estuaries. They use their chunky bills to kill and eat large crustaceans along with a great variety of fish, amphibians, insects, and other invertebrates. Rarely seen in flight and often hidden amid vegetation, Pied-billed Grebes announce their presence with loud, far-reaching calls.

Pied-billed Grebes can trap water in their feathers, giving them great control over their buoyancy. They can sink deeply or stay just at or below the surface, exposing as much or as little of the body as they wish. The water-trapping ability may also aid in the pursuit of prey by reducing drag in turbulent water.

I have encountered these small water birds in a variety of locations in central and south Florida. This little guy was swimming the waters of Wakodahatchee Wetlands near Boyton Beach Florida.

Uploaded

May 8th, 2014

Statistics

Viewed 3,872 Times  -  Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/23/2024 at 7:35 AM

Colors

Embed

Share

Sales Sheet

Tags