Identification - It is somewhat smaller than a crow with a stocky body, a short neck, and a fluffy white rear. In summer, the white, stubby, chicken-like bill, encircled by a broad black band, and the black throat patch are good field marks. Sexes are alike in summer.
Morsels - When disturbed, the Pied-billed Grebe can sink slowly beneath the surface of the water leaving scarcely a ripple. Now you see it, now you don't! It does this by expelling air from its lungs and feathers which lowers its specific gravity. Grebes carry their young on their backs, and when alarmed, actually dive under the water taking their young along with them.
