California
Eared Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
(L 13" WS 16" Wt 11 oz)
Shadow Cliffs
Pleasanton
27Dec2008
Nonbreeding adults - note
the bump atop the head
directly over the eye.
the bump atop the head
directly over the eye.
Elkhorn Slough
National Preserve
National Preserve
20Dec2012
I wanted to write a poem about a grebe but I still
Couldn’t think of a word that rimed with Grebe
My mind went back and forth and with my will
I came up with a word, my mind a mill
The word was GREBE. There is only one. Be still.
(Dean Pollett)
© BirdNote,
Bob Sundstrom
© Audubon
Society
Society
Podiceps is Latin for vent foot
(because legs are so far to the
rear); nicricollis is Latin for
black necked.
(because legs are so far to the
rear); nicricollis is Latin for
black necked.