Parasol for a Pied-billed Grebe #Wordless Wednesday

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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43 Responses to Parasol for a Pied-billed Grebe #Wordless Wednesday

  1. Laurie's avatar Laurie says:
    October 16, 2024 at 7:40 am

    You snapped that picture at the perfect time, Linda. Very nice. Those pied-billed grebes are so dainty and cute. They would use a parasol if they could!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      October 16, 2024 at 6:07 pm

      Thank you Laurie – I’m glad you liked the photo. That pied-billed grebe was so cute and it was trailing along, far behind its parents and siblings and then stopped for a pause under the parasol! 🙂

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  2. bushboy's avatar bushboy says:
    October 16, 2024 at 7:45 am

    So cute under its umbrella

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  4. Ally Bean's avatar Ally Bean says:
    October 16, 2024 at 8:21 am

    Adorable. You see the best things along the way.

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  6. Barbara Rodgers's avatar Barbara Rodgers says:
    October 16, 2024 at 8:55 am

    That is the sweetest thing I’ve seen in a long time! Fantastic shot, Linda!

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  7. Dave's avatar Dave says:
    October 16, 2024 at 9:17 am

    I can’t reconcile the photo! Either that’s a very large leaf or a very small bird.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      October 16, 2024 at 6:30 pm

      Actually it is both Dave. The Lotus leaves are very large by the time the Lotus blooms peak in late August. This leaf was still “gettin’ there” and this was a juvenile Pied-billed Grebe whose parents and siblings were paddling up ahead of it. The reflection makes the leaf appear even larger.

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  8. J P's avatar J P says:
    October 16, 2024 at 9:58 am

    I love it when flora and fauna combine for a natty outfit. 🙂

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  9. AnnMarie R stevens's avatar AnnMarie R stevens says:
    October 16, 2024 at 10:46 am

    Miss Linda…………………………………..I’ve never heard of a Pied-Bill Grebe……………………….I know it’s not using the Lotus leaf as an umbrella………………….because Ducks like water……………maybe it’s just admiring itself in the water-mirror!!

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  10. rajkkhoja's avatar rajkkhoja says:
    October 16, 2024 at 11:03 am

    Fantastic shoot! Lovely capture under the umbrella. So pretty. Excellent photography.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      October 16, 2024 at 6:42 pm

      Thank you Janis – it was so sweet and its family was up ahead. It decided to linger at the Lotus leaf maybe for a break from the sun, or playing hide-and-go-seek from them?

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  13. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    October 16, 2024 at 8:24 pm

    Beautiful shots of the Pied-Billed Grebe, Linda. Such a cute little thing. We have these here, too, but I haven’t personally seen any. I follow a Facebook birding group that shares these.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      October 16, 2024 at 8:43 pm

      Thank you Terri – it was so cute. Its parents and siblings were up ahead of it, but it was lingering under this Lotus leaf. I usually just see the adults, never the juveniles, so this was a first! I also follow a Facebook Metroparks Photographers site, but rarely see these birds featured.

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  14. Rebecca's avatar Rebecca says:
    October 17, 2024 at 12:24 am

    Nice shot, Linda. It’s fun to watch these birds, but I’ve found them to be pretty skittish. They often sink below the water’s surface and never seem to reappear.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      October 17, 2024 at 8:22 pm

      Thank you Rebecca! I find that about these birds as well, immediately pulling a disappearing act. This one was a juvenile and its family was up ahead in the marsh and I think it was oblivious to me as it stopped to linger under this Lotus leaf.

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  15. trumstravels's avatar trumstravels says:
    October 17, 2024 at 2:10 am

    I often wonder how they give birds their names. Like this one! He’s very cute

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      October 17, 2024 at 8:25 pm

      Me too Susan! Who comes up with the bird names or the collective bird and critter names?? He was cute, having strayed from its family, maybe seeking shade or playing hide and go seek from them and seemingly oblivious to me. 🙂

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  16. Zazzy's avatar Zazzy says:
    October 17, 2024 at 9:56 am

    THAT is a heckuva pretty bird. I’d never heard of that one and I don’t think it’s in my bird books. Thanks for sharing!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      October 17, 2024 at 8:36 pm

      Glad you liked it Zazzy. It was a juvenile, so much lighter plumage than the adults which are dark brown and the adults have a black ring around their beak, much like a Ring-billed Seagull does. This one was alone, the rest of its family up ahead in the marsh, so it posed nicely for me. 🙂

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  17. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    October 17, 2024 at 10:01 pm

    Never saw one of those beauties before! Very sweet-looking, i must say! 😊

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      October 17, 2024 at 10:35 pm

      It was a juvenile and its family was ahead of it – I don’t know if it wanted a little shade or was playing hide-and-go-seek from the family. 🙂 Glad you liked it Tom!

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  18. singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
    October 20, 2024 at 1:05 am

    Oh, what a dainty bird with her parasol! Perfect shade for a pretty bird.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      October 20, 2024 at 4:19 pm

      They are quite unusual looking Esther. This was a juvenile and his/her family was up ahead and it lingered behind under that big Lotus leaf, maybe playing hide-and-seek or wanted a photo op!

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  19. Amorina Rose's avatar Amorina Rose says:
    October 20, 2024 at 8:08 pm

    I just think it is an amazing capture in nature. Lovely work.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      October 20, 2024 at 8:44 pm

      Thank you very much Barbara! I was at the right place and the right time as that little bird glided over near the huge Lotus leaf. His/her family was up ahead in the marsh, but this one kind of drifted off on its own, playing hide-and-go-seek perhaps?

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  20. indianeskitchen's avatar indianeskitchen says:
    October 23, 2024 at 1:09 am

    That is an adorable picture Linda! I have never seen a  Pied-billed Grebe.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      October 23, 2024 at 7:28 pm

      Thank you! They are kind of unique-looking birds Diane – the adults have a black ring on their beak. This is a juvenile and it was trailing behind its family and so it hung out at the Lotus leaf for a while, maybe hoping for a photo op or maybe playing hide-and-go-seek?

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  21. satyam rastogi's avatar satyam rastogi says:
    October 23, 2024 at 4:23 am

    Nice post 🌺🌺

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