{"id":119982,"date":"2024-01-21T05:02:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T12:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=119982"},"modified":"2024-01-21T05:02:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T12:02:37","slug":"bathing-pied-billed-grebe-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/01\/21\/bathing-pied-billed-grebe-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathing Pied-billed Grebe Photo"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning, I’m sharing a simple bathing Pied-billed Grebe photo that I took four years ago. I like this grebe image because of all the flying water droplets.<\/p>\n

\"Pied-billedPied-billed Grebe bathing vigorously \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

During winter, I’m easily able to see and photograph this grebe species close to home, and I enjoy having many opportunities with them. Watching these grebes rest, squabble, hunt for food, and chase each other across the ponds is interesting and entertaining.<\/p>\n

Seeing the Pied-billed Grebes bathing can and does make me laugh out loud. I recall doing exactly that the day I photographed this grebe taking a bath.<\/p>\n

Birds bathe to keep their feathers in tip-top shape. The water helps remove dirt, parasites, bacteria, and other debris from their feathers.<\/p>\n

This Pied-billed Grebe bathed so vigorously that afternoon that icy water droplets were flying several feet above her or his head and to their sides. I was amused and delighted to photograph this grebe bathing so enthusiastically.<\/p>\n

In just a few weeks, the grebes at my local ponds will start to get ready for their breeding season. I’ve already noticed that some of them have begun to transition into breeding plumage. Pied-billed Grebes are year round residents here in northern Utah and they only leave the ponds during the winter if the ponds freeze completely over.<\/p>\n

Around mid-February I might even be able to photograph these grebes making practice flights<\/span><\/a> above the surface of the ponds. It is considered unusual or even rare to see this species in flight because they migrate at night.\u00a0 Most of the grebes at these ponds will leave to find suitable nesting spots when they are ready to breed.<\/p>\n

Until the Pied-billed Grebes<\/span><\/a> leave, I plan on enjoying seeing and photographing them on the ponds close to home.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Pied-billed Grebe photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This morning, I’m sharing a simple bathing Pied-billed Grebe photo that I took four years ago. I like this grebe image because of all the flying water droplets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,135,709,26],"tags":[4004,5109,4373,877,707,10698,4009,4166,1984,4502,8018,3996,5110,5123,373],"class_list":["post-119982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-pied-billed-grebes","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-bath","tag-bathing","tag-grebe","tag-grebes-2","tag-park","tag-pied-billed-grebe","tag-podilymbus-podiceps","tag-pond","tag-shaking","tag-urban","tag-water","tag-water-droplets","tag-waterbirds","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pied-billed-grebe-bathing-urban-mia-mcpherson-4993.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-vdc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63145,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/01\/22\/bathing-adult-pied-billed-grebe-splashing-water\/","url_meta":{"origin":119982,"position":0},"title":"Bathing Adult Pied-billed Grebe Splashing Water","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The Pied-billed Grebe dunked its head then slapped its wings against the water vigorously which caused the icy water to fly in all directions.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult Pied-billed Grebe bathing and splashing, Salt Lake County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pied-billed-grebe-bathing-mia-mcpherson-4994.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pied-billed-grebe-bathing-mia-mcpherson-4994.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pied-billed-grebe-bathing-mia-mcpherson-4994.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pied-billed-grebe-bathing-mia-mcpherson-4994.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44736,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/02\/03\/bathing-pied-billed-grebe-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":119982,"position":1},"title":"Bathing Pied-billed Grebe Photos","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"When I saw this Pied-billed Grebe bathing at Farmington Bay I couldn't resist photographing it as it splashed water all over itself.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pied-billed Grebe bathing, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-bathing-mia-mcpherson-0714.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-bathing-mia-mcpherson-0714.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-bathing-mia-mcpherson-0714.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-bathing-mia-mcpherson-0714.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":55538,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/01\/03\/back-side-views-of-a-bathing-pied-billed-grebe\/","url_meta":{"origin":119982,"position":2},"title":"Back Side Views Of A Bathing Pied-billed Grebe","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"There were some images of the bathing Pied-billed Grebe I did like because they showed a view of the grebe I don't share all that often, the back side of the grebe. They have cute little bottoms, so why not?","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Back view of a bathing Pied-billed Grebe, Salt Lake County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-bathing-mia-mcpherson-7948.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-bathing-mia-mcpherson-7948.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-bathing-mia-mcpherson-7948.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-bathing-mia-mcpherson-7948.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":117691,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/11\/01\/interesting-pied-billed-grebe-faux-crash-dive-behavior\/","url_meta":{"origin":119982,"position":3},"title":"Interesting Pied-billed Grebe Faux Crash-Dive Behavior","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I had a great time observing and photographing a Pied-billed Grebe exhibiting Crash-dive behavior at Bear River MBR from the auto tour loop on Monday.","rel":"","context":"In "Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge"","block_context":{"text":"Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pied-billed Grebe splashing water in a Crash-dive, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-faux-submarining-mia-mcpherson-6543.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-faux-submarining-mia-mcpherson-6543.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-faux-submarining-mia-mcpherson-6543.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-faux-submarining-mia-mcpherson-6543.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":109913,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/01\/30\/fluffy-butt-pied-billed-grebe\/","url_meta":{"origin":119982,"position":4},"title":"Fluffy Butt Pied-billed Grebe","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"What bird is cuter than a fluffy butt Pied-billed Grebe? There are probably quite a few birds as cute but this one taken four years ago tickled my fancy today.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fluffy butt Pied-billed Grebe, Salt Lake County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/pied-billed-grebe-fluffy-butt-mia-mcpherson-0181.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/pied-billed-grebe-fluffy-butt-mia-mcpherson-0181.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/pied-billed-grebe-fluffy-butt-mia-mcpherson-0181.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/pied-billed-grebe-fluffy-butt-mia-mcpherson-0181.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":118211,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/11\/13\/young-pied-billed-grebe-in-late-november\/","url_meta":{"origin":119982,"position":5},"title":"Young Pied-billed Grebe In Late November","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I was going through photos that I took last year when I found this image of a young Pied-billed Grebe, taken at my local pond at the tail end of November.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Young Pied-billed Grebe at a local pond, Salt Lake County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pied-billed-grebe-immature-november-mia-mcpherson-4528.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pied-billed-grebe-immature-november-mia-mcpherson-4528.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pied-billed-grebe-immature-november-mia-mcpherson-4528.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/pied-billed-grebe-immature-november-mia-mcpherson-4528.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}