Least Grebe Family
by Judi Dressler
Title
Least Grebe Family
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I watched these baby Least Grebes get bigger every time I rode my bike over to the pond, and here they are swimming so well with mom and dad! The youngest one is still riding on mom's back; you can see its beak is pinker tnan the others. The parents were ever vigilant, feeding them constantly and making sure all the little ones were doing well.
The Least Grebe is a tiny, almost metallic gray waterbird with a brilliant golden eye and a tuft of white at the stern. These chunky-bodied grebes spend their time in shallow freshwater or brackish ponds (and even flooded ditches) where they hunt insects and frogs. Completely at home in the water, they sometimes hide out with the body submerged and only the bill out of the water, almost like a tiny alligator. These birds are fairly common in tropical wetlands but reach the United States only in South Texas.
Photo taken on October 19, 2022, in Nayarite, Mexico, near the Pacific coast.
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January 18th, 2023
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