Mastodawn

Least Grebe ( Tachybaptus dominicus ) drifting low on the water 🪶 The smallest grebe in the New World, with dark plumage, a compact profile, and a sharp yellow eye cutting across the ripples. #Birds #LeastGrebe #Grebes #BirdPhotography #Wildlife

ChrQue Feb 22

Little Grebe / Zwergtaucher
(Lampertheim, Germany)

#birds #grebes #birding #nature #vögel #cutebirds #zwergtaucher

ChrQue Feb 13

If it weren’t for the eyes, this could almost pass as a b&w photo.

Black Necked Grebe and Tufted Duck / Schwarzhalstaucher und Reiherente
(Biblis, Germany)

#ducks #grebes #birds #birding #waterfowl #vögel #enten

Show thread

Richard Rathe Jan 22

Two Pied-Billed Grebes (seeing lots of these little guys this year!)

https://richard.mdpaths.com/nature/birds/sweetwater_wetlands_2026/index.html

#SweetWaterWetlandsPark #Birds #Grebes #NaturePhotography

Rigolocations Nov 1

#BirdOfTheDay : les #Grebes
Ici un grèbe à cou noir se préparant à plonger.
#Photography #Nature #Bird #Birds #BirdPhotography #UnJourUnePhoto #PodicepsNigricollis #BlackNeckedGrebe #CoteDAzur

Rigolocations Nov 1

#BirdOfTheDay : les #Grebes
Ici un grèbe à cou noir se préparant à plonger.
#Photography #Nature #Bird #Birds #BirdPhotography #UnJourUnePhoto #PodicepsNigricollis #BlackNeckedGrebe #CoteDAzur

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Oct 14

Chickening out: Why some #birds fear novelty https://phys.org/news/2025-10-chickening-birds-novelty.html

A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003394

"#Grebes and #flamingos exhibited the highest #neophobia while #falcons and #pheasants were among the least neophobic species, approaching food quickly regardless of the unfamiliar item... the study found that two ecological drivers strongly predicted neophobia: dietary specialization and migratory behavior."

Gonzo Sep 29

Me in #DeSchammer: Oh wow! so happy I've seen a singular #Egret!
Me in the #Arkemheen polder: Damn there's just too many of these egrets and #herons about! (and #cormorant, and #wigeons and #ducks and #grebes and probably more I can't all identify in this photo)
🪶 #birds #naturephotography #dutchnature #marshland