Pied-billed grebes are excellent swimmers and divers. They often swim around with just their head and neck above the water and look like a snake or small Loch Ness Monster swimming through the creek. Pretty cute, right?But then, this grebe started making some calls and instantly these youngsters showed up:
With their stripey heads and their fuzziness, they inspired me to create the new recurring (hopefully) segment of Field Notes. When they are even smaller than this, they will ride on the mother's back if trouble comes calling. So I guess, to answer my own question, that could be cuter.
I also got a neat photo of these two snowy egrets having a standoff over a very productive fishing hole.
From dead things to cute things...guess you'll appeal to everyone. I loved the egrets, looking feisty.
ReplyDeleteOh, and one more thing: Did you recall that my camp name was Lo for Loch Lomond (camp staff mistakenly thought that's where the Loch Ness Monster lived...since I was a swimmer, they decided to name me for the monster...I'm just thankful they didn't choose the nerdier Nessie...but if they didn't realize that the monster was in Loch Ness, I guess they didn't know that Nessie could have been the name to choose). Now you know way more than you ever wanted to about that.
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