General Description: Pied-billed Grebes (Podilymbus podiceps) are small, sexually monomorphic water birds with legs set well back on the body (so much so that they can't really walk on land). Grebes look similar to ducks and often are found on ponds and marshes with ducks. Pied-billed Grebes are brown overall with a puffy, white rump. The bill is white and unusually thick for a grebe. In breeding season, pied-bills get a black ring around the bill and a black patch under the chin.

Grebes are divers and feed underwater.

Favored Habitat: Ponds and marshes.

Where to Find: Neighborhood ponds, parks (e.g., Lorenzi Park and Sunset Park), the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, and Boulder Beach Marina at Lake Mead NRA. To find them in more natural habitat, visit the Pahranagat Valley.

Comments: Grebes eat fish, crustaceans, and other tasty water bugs.

Note the white rump.

Hauling nesting material from the bottom of the pond back to the nest site.