It is hard to believe just a week ago I was delayed multiple times in the Atlanta airport on my way north to meet the Polar Vortex. I am still going through the 8,000+ photos I took at the end of January in wonderfully warm Florida. Sigh. But the photos get interrupted by shoveling snow…and going to work. This bird was photographed during Wildside Nature Tours Florida Birds Photo Workshop. In the mean time, here is another animated GIF file–a series of six photos of a diving Pied-billed Grebe that I found quite interesting. Check out how the bird seems to sink slightly before diving. And watch its back feet kick water upward to get some force downward on its dive. Very cool!
Pied-billed Grebe diving – Viera Wetlands – Melbourne FL – 2014-01-27 photos by Greg Miller
