<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Pied-billed Grebe – A Unique Diving Technique </title> <atom:link href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:54:26 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title> By: Arwen Lynch-Poe, Professional Joy Seeker </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221851</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Arwen Lynch-Poe, Professional Joy Seeker]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:54:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=155264#comment-221851</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yikes on the date/memory. So glad Shannon is better now. That was a scary time. You kept us in the loop which was incredibly kind of you. In Louisiana, there is a little water bird that I learned to call a Pulldoo. It just folds up and goes under water. You never know where it may show up. I have tried to look it up, but I cannot find it. :D It is VERY small (least grebe size) but it pulls itself inward and goes under. But it is very fast. :D]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yikes on the date/memory. So glad Shannon is better now. That was a scary time. You kept us in the loop which was incredibly kind of you.</p> <p>In Louisiana, there is a little water bird that I learned to call a Pulldoo. It just folds up and goes under water. You never know where it may show up. I have tried to look it up, but I cannot find it. 😀 It is VERY small (least grebe size) but it pulls itself inward and goes under. But it is very fast. 😀</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Everett F Sanborn </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221780</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Everett F Sanborn]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 22:42:05 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=155264#comment-221780</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221760">Ron Dudley</a>. Thanks Ron - so 6 years - wow time flies - and it has been fun and educational]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221760">Ron Dudley</a>.</p> <p>Thanks Ron – so 6 years – wow time flies – and it has been fun and educational</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221777</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:53:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=155264#comment-221777</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221776">Steven</a>. I'll have to try it next time I'm in that situation. Which, knowing me, will probably be soon...]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221776">Steven</a>.</p> <p>I’ll have to try it next time I’m in that situation. Which, knowing me, will probably be soon…</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Steven </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221776</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:50:10 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=155264#comment-221776</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is the technique that I use when I've done something stupid and embarrassed myself. You know that sinking feeling or you just want to sink out of sight.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the technique that I use when I’ve done something stupid and embarrassed myself. You know that sinking feeling or you just want to sink out of sight.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221772</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=155264#comment-221772</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221771">Marty K</a>. Thank you, Marty. I agree with you about the "best part".]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221771">Marty K</a>.</p> <p>Thank you, Marty. I agree with you about the “best part”.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Marty K </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221771</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marty K]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:59:13 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=155264#comment-221771</guid> <description><![CDATA[Fascinating dive technique — like half of a synchronized swim team. Best part of the post is the amazing recovery Shannon has made!<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f49c.png" alt="💜" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f49c.png" alt="💜" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f49c.png" alt="💜" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fascinating dive technique — like half of a synchronized swim team. Best part of the post is the amazing recovery Shannon has made!💜💜💜</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221768</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 19:47:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=155264#comment-221768</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221767">Dan Gleason</a>. Dan, thanks for that info based on your extensive experience.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221767">Dan Gleason</a>.</p> <p>Dan, thanks for that info based on your extensive experience.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Dan Gleason </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221767</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Gleason]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:56:31 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=155264#comment-221767</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221764">Trudy Brooks</a>. Getting to things late today but in response to Trudy’s question - I have often seen Pied-billed Grebes slowly sink like this. Most often they surface some distance away but distance is variable. An old reference I have seen says that they can go 50-60 feet away and stay under more than one minute. But when I see them surface far away from where they sank I don’t know if that’s the first time to surface since the dive or if they came up in between. That’s because I don’t know to look and may have missed the first time. Also it’s because they don’t always fully surface. Many times I have seen a grebe sink and a moment later poke just its head up near where it sank. It may stay with only its head barely above water for a few moments then re-submerge and fully surface elsewhere. I have seen American Wigeon swim over and steal water plants from coots as they surface. Several time I have seen them head for a Pied-billed Grebe but I’ve never seen them succeed with a grebe. The grebe quickly dives and resurfaces far away. Fun birds to watch.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221764">Trudy Brooks</a>.</p> <p>Getting to things late today but in response to Trudy’s question – I have often seen Pied-billed Grebes slowly sink like this. Most often they surface some distance away but distance is variable. An old reference I have seen says that they can go 50-60 feet away and stay under more than one minute. But when I see them surface far away from where they sank I don’t know if that’s the first time to surface since the dive or if they came up in between. That’s because I don’t know to look and may have missed the first time. Also it’s because they don’t always fully surface. Many times I have seen a grebe sink and a moment later poke just its head up near where it sank. It may stay with only its head barely above water for a few moments then re-submerge and fully surface elsewhere. I have seen American Wigeon swim over and steal water plants from coots as they surface. Several time I have seen them head for a Pied-billed Grebe but I’ve never seen them succeed with a grebe. The grebe quickly dives and resurfaces far away. Fun birds to watch.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Ron Dudley </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221765</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:56:09 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=155264#comment-221765</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221764">Trudy Brooks</a>. Trudy, in response to your question. My friend Jay Banta used to be Manager of Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge before he retired. Jay made the following comment on this post on Facebook: "Ron: one of my memories of Fish Springs is having a duck hunter coming to the office and saying "I got a duck (meaning he shot it) but I don't know what kind it is. It just sunk in place and then came back up again." My Assistant Mgr. Erich and I and looked at each other with a silent "Ah shit." look. That guy got a $225 lesson on bird id."]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221764">Trudy Brooks</a>.</p> <p>Trudy, in response to your question. My friend Jay Banta used to be Manager of Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge before he retired. Jay made the following comment on this post on Facebook:</p> <p>“Ron: one of my memories of Fish Springs is having a duck hunter coming to the office and saying “I got a duck (meaning he shot it) but I don’t know what kind it is. It just sunk in place and then came back up again.” My Assistant Mgr. Erich and I and looked at each other with a silent “Ah shit.” look. That guy got a $225 lesson on bird id.”</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Trudy Brooks </title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/03/11/pied-billed-grebe-a-unique-diving-technique/#comment-221764</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Trudy Brooks]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:44:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=155264#comment-221764</guid> <description><![CDATA[Love this re-posting from before. When you said dive I was thinking of head down first. I too would like to see under the water how it all takes place. Do you know how long they stay under the water and if they swim away or just pop back up after a short time?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love this re-posting from before. When you said dive I was thinking of head down first. I too would like to see under the water how it all takes place. Do you know how long they stay under the water and if they swim away or just pop back up after a short time?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>