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Shout out to grebe feet for being entirely unserious. Serious about paddling around like a silly little guy, though.

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Next time you're looking for a tasty snack, try some feathers! Australasian grebe parents have been recorded eating their own feathers, and feeding feathers to their young. This behavior is thought to help prevent injuries from swallowing sharp fish bones, and can recycle nutrients stored up in the feathers!

(Image: An Australasian grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) by Daniela Parra)

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You ever catch someone staring at you and you just

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Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis

12/13/2025 Ensenada, Mexico

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Pied-Billed #Grebe 🪶 (Podilymbus podiceps)

Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida

photo by Steve Spanoudis from the collections at https://theotherpages.org

Perfect Reflection

A Valentine's Feathursday

With Valentine's Day coming up, we thought to present a couple of grebes in love, specifically Great Crested Grebes (Podiceps cristatus), which have elaborate mating displays, in this case coming face to face to form a lovely heart shape between them. This illustration is from Bird Portraiture (“How To Do It” Series No. 35) by noted British naturalist artist and illustrator Charles Tunnicliffe (1901-1979), published in London and New York by The Studio in 1945.

Our copy of Bird Portraiture is from the collection of the Library of the Akron Art Institute with its bookplate, and is a gift to UWM Special Collections from our friend Tony Drehfal.