Did you know that most pied-billed grebes are poor fliers?
Pied-Billed Grebes
at
a Glance
Key Features:
Pied-billed grebes are brown birds with darker backs
Least Concern - Population Stable
Habitat:
Estuaries, lakes, marshes, and slow rivers
nesting habits:
Pied-billed grebes build nests out of bulrush and lily stems, cattails, Eurasian water-milfoil, sago pondweed, sticks, and stonewort on floating vegetation.
seasons pied-billed grebes are active in our area:
All year
Diet:
Crabs, crawfish, frogs, insects, leeches, mussels, snails, small fish, and tadpoles
hunting Behavior:
Pied-billed grebes dive for food.
Commonly Confused With:
American Coots
Pied-billed grebes are often confused with American coots because both are plump water birds with white beaks that have a black stripe on them.
Pied-billed grebes are brown. American coots are dark gray.