. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. GREBES buoyant. Long red stems, kept alive by the water, often extended to the bottom. In a few cases, I found the birds had collected piece:. of dry tule stems as a sort of lining to their plat- form nests. From a distance, the nest colony presented a line of Ijiood-rcd against a back- ground of green tales. When we approached the Eared Grebe colony. paid no attention to this. I watched one bird as she pulled up the stems out of the water and from the lining of the nest covering her eggs comjiletely, so when we came near, there was not an egg in si
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. GREBES buoyant. Long red stems, kept alive by the water, often extended to the bottom. In a few cases, I found the birds had collected piece:. of dry tule stems as a sort of lining to their plat- form nests. From a distance, the nest colony presented a line of Ijiood-rcd against a back- ground of green tales. When we approached the Eared Grebe colony. paid no attention to this. I watched one bird as she pulled up the stems out of the water and from the lining of the nest covering her eggs comjiletely, so when we came near, there was not an egg in sight. I do not know whether this habit develops more from the idea of protecting the eggs from enemies, or from the idea of keep- ing them warm when the mother is away. The. Photu by W. L. Finlcy and H. T. Bohlman EARED GREBE (Spring Plumage) Though a water-bird, it is never wet everything was bustle and hurry. The birds were trying to cover their eggs before leaving. It seemed to be a habit in this colony to cover the eggs, while the Western Grebe on the same lake eggs often lie partly in the water. The sun, I think, helps a good deal in hatching the eggs during the day, the bird keeping a more careful vigil at night. William L. Finley. PIED-BILLED GREBE Podilymbus podiceps ( Liiuuciis) A. O. U. Xuniber (> See Color Plate i Other Names.— Hell-diver; Devil-diver; Water- witch ; Dabchick ; American Dahchick: Pied-hilled Dab- chick; Dipper; Diedapper; Didapper; Divedapper; Carolina Grebe; Thick-billed Grebe. General Description.— Length, 13 inches. Color aliove, brownish-hlack; below, lighter brown and white. Bill, short and thick; no crests. Color.— Adults: Crown, back of head, and neck, grayish-black streaked with lighter; upper parts, brown- ish-black; sides of head and neck, brownish-gray; chin and throat, black; primaries and sccouiiarics, dutcolatc- I'l-D'cn: hi'hni'. pale hroii.', thickly mottled with dusky on sides; lower abdomen, mostly dusky; bill, jvh
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