Sleepy grebe
by Elizabeth Winter
Title
Sleepy grebe
Artist
Elizabeth Winter
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
1. Although flighted, to escape danger, Pied-billed Grebes prefer to dive under water.
2. Migratory Pied-billed Grebes fly at night. They are strong fliers, but are thought to only take off from water, and they need a long "runway" prior to "take-off."
3. Male and female Pied-billed Grebes have similar plumage, but males are usually bigger and may have bigger, heavier bills than females.
4. The toes of Pied-billed Grebes are lobed rather than webbed.
5. When the incubating female Pied-billed Grebe leaves the nest, she covers the eggs in order to conceal them from predators.
6. Chicks spend their first days after hatching on the back of a parent. The chicks leave the nest shortly after hatching, but are unskilled swimmers for the first week or so.
7. Baby Pied-billed Grebes have a wildly different plumage than their parents, especially on the face, which is striped in black, white, and reddish-brown.
8. Pied-billed Grebes are known to eat their own feathers as a digestive aid.
9. Pied-billed Grebes have several folk names, including "water witch" and "hell-diver."
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April 2nd, 2017
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Comments (33)
Gary F Richards
Outstanding conceptual composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L voted for this piece in the contest CONCEPTUAL MINIMALISM
Gary F Richards
Spectacular capture, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L … voted for this piece in the MINIMALIST ART - ONLY contest!
Judy Vincent
Congratulations on your third place win in the Minimalism Photography Only contest, 10/12/17!
Ann Skelton
Beautiful capture Elizabeth! Congrats on your first place finish in the Abstract or Minimal contest! l/f
Skip Willits
Extraordinary image Elizabeth and the eye says it all. But the minimization of the target makes this equally appealing, fine job.
I'ina Van Lawick
Really wonderful image, Elizabeth. Love the composition and space around it. One of my favorite birds. lf