Pied-billed Grebe - Dr. Dude Photography

Pied-billed Grebe swimming in calm water. — **Pied-billed Grebe, Fort Worth Nature Preserve Lone Point, Fort Worth, TX, December 30, 2021**
*Canon EOS 5DS R with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 600 mm; ISO-640; f/6.3; 1/2000 sec.*

This page is for the Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps). This species is common at the Nature Preserve and I see them on almost every visit. I have always loved grebes since my undergraduate college experience. As a biology major, I spent a lot of time in the science building and looked at their display specimens frequently. The grebe was always my favorite of what was on display. The October 23, 2021 photo is my first photographic evidence of this duck and had been my representative example until it was replace with the current best photograph I have taken of the Pied-billed Grebe to date (above) on December 30, 2021 at the Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX. We were driving back to the Greer Island trailhead and saw this guy just off the shore as the road got close to the water. I was able to take the shot from my truck.

The following photographs are the best representative images from different dates and locations than my species representative example.

Pied-billed Grebe drying its wings while sitting on the water. — **Pied-Billed Grebe, Fort Worth Nature Preserve Marsh Boardwalk, Fort Worth, TX, October 23, 2021**
*Canon EOS 5DS R with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 329 mm; ISO-500; f/6.3; 1/320 sec.*

Pied-billed Grebe swimming in calm water in the morning mist.. — **Pied-Billed Grebe, Fort Worth Nature Preserve Marsh Boardwalk, Fort Worth, TX, October 30, 2021**
*Canon EOS 5DS R with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 552 mm; ISO-1600; f/6.3; 1/1600 sec.*

Pied-billed Grebe swimming in choppy water, looking like it has been diving.. — **Pied-billed Grebe, Fort Worth Nature Preserve Cross Timbers Trail footbridge, Fort Worth, TX, December 11, 2021**
*Canon EOS 5DS R with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 600 mm; ISO-1250; f/7.1; 1/1600 sec.*

Pied-billed Grebe swimming in water with some wind ripples. Water plants are nearby.. — **Pied-billed Grebe, Fort Worth Nature Preserve Marsh Boardwalk, Fort Worth, TX, December 24, 2021**
*Canon EOS 5DS R with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 600 mm; ISO-500; f/6.3; 1/2000 sec.*

Pied-billed Grebe swimming in choppy water, with a four ducks nearby. — **Pied-billed Grebe, Cement Creek Reservoir, Fort Worth, TX, December 31, 2021**
*Canon EOS 5DS R with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 600 mm; ISO-1600; f/6.3; 1/400 sec.*

Pied-billed Grebe swimming in choppy water with a few reeds in the foreground. — **Pied-billed Grebe, Fort Worth Nature Preserve Dead End Trail, Fort Worth, TX, January 15, 2022**
*Canon EOS 5DS R with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 600 mm; ISO-1*250; f/7.1; 1/3200 *sec.*

Pied-billed Grebe swimming with five water bugs swimming away from it. — **Pied-billed Grebe, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, October 30, 2022**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-500; f/11; 1/640 sec. +0.3 exposure bias*

Two Pied-billed Grebes swimming near the far shore grasses. — **Pied-billed Grebe, Bitter Lake NWR, Roswell, NM, November 9, 2022**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/11; 1/800 sec. -0.7 exposure bias.*

Three Pied-billed Grebes swimming away from the camera. — **Pied-billed Grebe, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, March 4, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-125; f/11; 1/320 sec.*

Pied-billed Grebe swimming in the lake. — **Pied-billed Grebe, Calaveras Lake, San Antonio, TX, May 11, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-400; f/11; 1/800 sec.*

Young Pied-billed Grebe looking all fluffy while resting on the water. — **Pied-billed Grebe, San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, CA, June 18, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/10; 1/320 sec.*

Pied-billed Grebe swimming nearby. — **Pied-billed Grebe, Apopka Wildlife Drive, Apopka, FL December 3, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700mm; ISO-400; f/10; 1/800 sec.*

Pied-billed Grebe swimming in the clear, shallow water. — **Pied-billed Grebe, Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center, Port Aransas, TX, February 22, 2024**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens; 700 mm; ISO-1250; f/10; 1/1000 sec.*

Pied-billed Grebe swimming in the distance. — **Pied-billed Grebe, Lake Viridian, Arlington, TX, February 2, 2025**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-320; f/10; 1/800 sec.*