Pied-billed grebe

Pied-billed grebe. ©Teresa Shumaker. 

I am playing a little bit of catch up now. Here is a pied-billed grebe in breeding plumage taken in late March. It was my first time seeing one all decked out. I love the stripe on the beak. The grebe on the other hand did not appreciate my passing by, apparently wanting the wetland all to itself that day. But it gave me some great take off shots.

Pied-billed grebe. ©Teresa Shumaker. 

Pied-billed grebe. ©Teresa Shumaker.