#Great crested grebe

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Foggy morning

[proton-wobbler]

Backyard Bird Off - Cosmopolitan Birds (poll 1)

Bird Info & Submission Reasons

Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

Continents: Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America

"When I was a kid I saw a lot of these around but some time during my teen years I feel like they kinda got scarce... But good news! They started popping up again in recent years!"

"those iconic cheek spots"

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

Continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania

"Ok so I don't see them in my backyard but in the right places I do see them around a lot, even when I'm not specifically looking for them. I love they're majestic little crowns (or crests) and the stripey heads of the younger ones are super cute and funny, looks kinda like they're wearing pyamas on their head to me honestly. Also they've just made my day better quite often, especially at my old place of work (which happened to be close to a little river)"

Image Sources: Sparrow (Michael Stubblefield); Grebe (Pierre Montieth)

Continents which are italicized represent the non-native range of the species. Whether introduced on purpose on or accident, these species may have become invasive in this range. Despite their potential impact on native wildlife, please do not leave disparaging comments on these polls. Their purpose is to celebrate people's love of these species.

[theultimatenaturelover]

Ctenochasma roemeri, a small passive predator that filtered food from the water like a duck with their 400+ teeth. The genus contains two more species, C. elegans and C. taqueti.

The colors were based on the Great crested grebe. At first I didn't know that ctenochasma had more than one species, so I decided this one to be roemeri XD

[simplified-birds]

Simplified bird #52 - great crested grebe

( requested by @mihamihoku )

[sugiichi]

Podiceps cristatus [カンムリカイツブリ,Great Crested Grebe]

青い水面に映えますね～😘

[richs-pics]

Great crested grebes doing their courtship ritual "weed" dance

[starskynder]

Great Crested Grebe #birbfest day 18.

[ridiculousbirdfaces]

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

[snototter]

A male great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) in the UK

by Mike J Whitfield

[kavohh707]

2024 - Bird year in review - part 2.

The second post of highlights of 2024 is devoted to birds I encounter in my neighbourhood on my walks. I live in the middle of a big town, but nature is just around the corner, in the garden, on my balcony and of course because there is a river and a park close by.

[vuelode-irbis]

Can you be silly and elegant at the same time? Great-crested grebe says so

[ID: digital illustration of a great-crested grebe in the water with its chicks on its back. It's a big bird with a long, white neck and chest, it's wing feathers are dark and the head presents tawny cheeks and a black crest. The chicks are white with black lines across. The scientific name, Podiceps cristatus, is written in cursives at the top right of the drawing. End ID.]

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Together

[spacey3d]

birbfest day 18 - great crested grebe

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Wings

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Museum doodles part 3: in which the coloration of Lynxes eludes me despite clear visual reference material.

[sugiichi]

Podiceps cristatus [カンムリカイツブリ,Great Crested Grebe]

池に1羽だけいたカンムリカイツブリ。