grebes

There is no denying the fact that birders are a discriminating bunch. This seems to apply especially to birders in…

I love a coffee in the morning. I live in Wellington, a city with more coffee shops and restaurants per…

…or, how critical are you in twitch or dip situations? Here is one example. In the Old World, Horned (Slavonian)…

The first weekend of March had me upstate which means that I didn’t get to see the Red-necked Grebe that…

Despite having only revealed 6 pictures on my Kylie Minogue calender so far, I may already have a candidate for…

And now we enter into a family of birds more or less unknown to non-birders. Destined to be forever written…

That flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) and grebes (Podicipedidae) are probably each others’ closest living relatives is one of the most surprising discoveries…

The theme for the next I and the Bird will be GREBES!  Those funny-footed, duck-looking-but-actually-more-closely-related-to-flamingo, diving birds with the fantastic…

Nesting Great Grebe showing decent contrast and color saturation, but the color of the water is completely muted. Photo: Joseph…

I was pretty happy with the Pied-billed Grebe shot I shared yesterday. But I took things to a whole new…