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In winter, its size, buff plumage, with a darker back and cap, and “powder puff” rear end enable easy identification of this species. The little grebe's breeding call, given singly or in duet, is a trilled repeated weet-weet-weet or wee-wee-wee which sounds like a horse whinnying.
A great crested grebe in nonbreeding or winter plumage. ... (Iraq little grebe) T. r. poggei (Reichenow 1902) T. r. philippensis (Bonnaterre 1790) (Philippine little ...
Tachybaptus is a genus of small birds of the grebe family. The genus name means "quick diving": it is from Ancient Greek takhys "quick" and bapto "I dip". [2] It has representatives over much of the world, including the tropics.
A winter festival, winter carnival, snow festival, or frost fair is an outdoor cold weather celebration that occurs in wintertime. Winter festivals are popular in D climates (see Köppen climate classification ) where winter is particularly long or severe, such as Siberia , Scandinavia , Canada and the northern United States .
A Winter Carnival had been held over the border in Montreal with an ice castle in 1885. With a model to draw upon the Saint Paul Winter Carnival was created in 1886. It was followed by carnivals held in 1887, 1888 and 1896. The Carnival was held again in 1916 and 1917. There was another lapse until 1937 when they continued through 1942.
Little grebe: Tachybaptus ruficollis: Uncommon to fairly common breeding Great crested grebe: Podiceps cristatus: Fairly common in winter and on passage, uncommon breeding Red-necked grebe: Podiceps grisegena: Scarce in winter and on passage Slavonian grebe: Podiceps auritus: Scarce in winter and on passage Black-necked grebe: Podiceps nigricollis
Young adults are taking the supercommute into work, a trend that will only likely continue as return-to-office mandates from Amazon, JP Morgan, and others continue.. Molly Hopkins, age 30, has ...
The Alaotra grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus), also known as Delacour's little grebe or rusty grebe, is a recently extinct grebe that was endemic to Lake Alaotra and its surrounding lakes in Madagascar. Experts say that the grebe became extinct after carnivorous fish were introduced into its native habitat.