Today is
Cinco de Mayo, a regional Mexican holiday which celebrates a victory that the Mexican army had over the French on May 5
th 1862. Even though Minnesota is pretty far from Mexico we have a significant Mexican American population here that celebrates
Cinco de Mayo. One immigrant that I
frequently see during the summer that is known to possibly spend some time in Mexico is the pied-billed grebe.
Pied-billed grebes spend most of their lives on or under the water. They find food by diving under the water to catch fish, aquatic insects and crustaceans. When a predator is around the pied-billed grebe will usually choose to dive under the water rather then fly away to escape the predator.
Although pied-billed grebes look a lot like ducks they do not have webbed feet like ducks do. Instead they have lobes on each of their toes which give them extra surface area to paddle and move through the water.
Oh wow, thanks for the education. I think tis my first time to see this one.
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How cute, gorgeous photos.
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Guy
Regina In Pictures
Great shots and for the bit of info.
ReplyDeleteThose are cute little things. Helen
ReplyDeleteNice grebes, I love water birds actually, I love almost all birds.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the information!
ReplyDeleteIt really helps a lot!
Thank you again!
Sweet little duck.
ReplyDeleteLovely grebe and reflection in the water. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteHappy WW! :)
Well you have cute immigrant there...c",)
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ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for these wonderful article that you share. :) thumbs up!
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