A lone pied-billed grebe,
blending well upon Ridley Park Lake,
suddenly dives to feed,
or otherwise
elude our gaze,
and emerge some spot distant
to dry in the air of day.
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April 30, 2012
Now you see it …
Posted by Scott under Birds | Tags: delaware county, donovan, little crum creek, nature, outdoors, pa, pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, ridley park |[26] Comments
some little crum creek 
June 17, 2012 at 10:08 pm
I’ve heard they are called “Water Witch” due to the way they dive into the wate when afraid and come up some enormous distance away…just pop out of the water in a flurry.
June 18, 2012 at 9:22 pm
I like that … “Water Witch” … this one would just appear and disappear and reappear in the bat of an eye each time.
June 18, 2012 at 9:59 pm
I think it’s an expression from the Southeastern US.
May 14, 2012 at 11:39 am
Very interesting… haven’t been blessed by seeing one of these … ‘yet’. So glad you got to see one. 🙂
May 14, 2012 at 11:52 am
“Yet” is probably right.
I really should visit the lake again and see if it’s still around or even a parent now.
May 14, 2012 at 11:55 am
Yes! There seem to be new babies everywhere, Canada Geese goslings, Killdeer babies… waiting to see the Merganser couple’s babies this year. 🙂
May 14, 2012 at 11:59 am
I hope you do. I’d like see them too!
May 7, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Never seen one of these before! Great pics!
May 9, 2012 at 2:07 pm
Thanks, Jen … new to me, too!
May 3, 2012 at 1:06 pm
I’m not sure I’ve seen one of those. It’s an odd looking bird but, as someone else said, cute.
May 3, 2012 at 7:02 pm
A funny bird, too. Scooting around so quick & tinily atop the water.
April 30, 2012 at 9:25 pm
Very cute!
May 2, 2012 at 10:07 pm
For sure.
April 30, 2012 at 8:21 pm
Cute post 🙂
April 30, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Thanks, cute seems to suit this little dude.
April 30, 2012 at 8:41 pm
I agree 🙂
April 30, 2012 at 8:42 pm
Welcome to Little Crum Creek!
April 30, 2012 at 8:43 pm
Thanks 🙂
April 30, 2012 at 7:40 pm
They are fun to watch — busy, little disappearing acts.
April 30, 2012 at 8:36 pm
And fun to pursue — running from tree to tree, guessing where this one would reappear at the end of each dive.
April 30, 2012 at 6:13 pm
This are such a darling little duck! Yours, mine and others I follow have posted on this species recently, but we all had just a single one to share. I wonder if they are loners when not mating….I felt lonely for mine after watching him for days by himself.
April 30, 2012 at 6:24 pm
This was the one lone grebe out there over several days, and there was no sign of a mate, but it did occasionally sidle up to the Canada geese. That really made it look small! I’ve read of chicks piling on the mother’s back for the first few weeks. That would be cool to see.
April 30, 2012 at 6:29 pm
Your comment on the grebe sidling up with Canada geese is real interesting. Blogger quietsolopursuits.com just had a recent post Good Geese Gone Wild and he had a grebe that wanted to be with his Canada geese too. Hmmmm….interesting.
April 30, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Thanks for mentioning Quiet Solo Pursuits. Don’t know how I missed those shots. He has several photos of the grebe with Canada geese if anyone wants to see:
They really show how small the grebe is.
April 30, 2012 at 6:01 pm
Nice blog! You have such diversity in your blogs.
April 30, 2012 at 6:37 pm
Thanks. The recently posted osprey and grebe reflect a diversity I didn’t expect to meet. Both were downstream where Little Crum Creek empties into a human-made lake. But even in my usual spot upstream, I continue to be surprised by the variety of life introducing itself here.