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Grebe is a type of aquatic bird that is part of the family Podicipedidae, known for their diving abilities and unique appearance
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There were no grebes of any species this time.
Grebes eventually expel the feathers in little pellets.
Once again the grebes were out of range.
Swallowing feathers is essential for the health of grebes.
The grebes were not afraid of us at all.
O vocalizations of the loon and grebes.
These grebes may lay up to two sets of eggs a year.
It often mixes with other grebes during the wintering.
Grebes and loons are two separate orders of birds.
Populations of horned grebes appear to have declined in recent decades.
Grebes have unusual plumage.
Not like ducks or grebes.
Grebes build floating nests with material from aquatic plants.
There is little doubt that the grebes were blasted.
In grebes both a normal patella and an extension of the cnemial crest are found.
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It often breeds further within reed beds than other grebes.
Grebes rotate their feet in a way that results in lift generated thrust.
There is some controversy about the evolution and classification of grebes.
Two great crested grebes dancing during mating season in their winter plumage.
I saw two grebes.
And one of these Grebes came along while we were rowing.
Pejerrey fishery occurs mostly in waters too deep to be utilized by the grebes.
Various birds including little grebes and purple moorhen can be seen in this lake.
And not to mention the ducks and the loons and the grebes.
Herons feed along the lakeshore and grebes cry out to protect their territory.
The black cap of the head is often more rounded than in other grebes.
The populations of great crested grebes and kittiwakes had been decimated for their plumage.
Others became adapted for fishing and diving and resembled penguins or grebes.
Grebes Palearctic do not support such harsh conditions such as lakes waters partially frozen.
I have also noticed this to be the case with grebes and loons as well.
The grebes are declining in New England.
Adult birds are not usually hunted as they taste of rancid fish like all grebes.
So it was that I was back bothering the grebes again this morning.
Many scholars use the term Phoenicopterimorphae for the superorder containing flamingoes and grebes.
A pair of Great Crested Grebes are building a nest.
O passionate enthusiastic calls of the red-necked grebes.
Grebes are small to medium-large sized freshwater diving birds.
During breeding season, grebes engage in elaborate courtship displays.
It is a habitat for whooper swans, moorhens and little grebes.
I still don't know why grebes have red eyes.
The grebes are joined by the highest-flying birds in the world.
In the case of flamingos, they have similar lice to those of grebes.
Pied-billed grebes are adapted to a life on and under the water.
Many of these characteristics have been previously identified on flamingos, but not on grebes.
Great crested grebes eat small fish, crustaceans and water larvae.
Some species appear to be more vulnerable to infection, such as swans, ducks and grebes.
As it turns out, grebes are rather picky when it comes to choosing their partners.
While flamingos are considered wading birds, they are most closely related to grebes genetically.
They are absent in grebes and some ratites, and greatly reduced in size in penguins.
They do not have white under their wings when flying, like other grebes.
