{"id":4672,"date":"2012-03-23T04:00:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4672"},"modified":"2025-10-27T13:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T18:56:06","slug":"pied-billed-grebe-juvenile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/03\/23\/pied-billed-grebe-juvenile\/","title":{"rendered":"Pied-billed Grebe Juvenile"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve posted adult Pied-billed Grebes<\/a><\/span> before but hadn’t posted any images of their young on my blog yet so I am posting a few images of one of them today. These images were created at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, just to the north of Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n

\"JuvenileJuvenile Pied-billed Grebe at Farmington Bay WMA – Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a hatch year Pied-billed Grebe and it still shows some of the camouflage that the immature birds have to help them hide from predators. This bird is in the \u201cStripe-head stage\u201d but it is not nearly as striped as younger Pied-billed Grebes are.<\/p>\n

\"JuvenileJuvenile Pied-billed Grebe stretching – Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

As I observed and photographed this Pied-billed Grebe juvenile it preened some, did a few stretches and fluffed up it feathers. The image above shows the lobed foot of the bird.<\/p>\n

\"CoyCoy looking juvenile Pied-billed Grebe – Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Personally, I think that Pied-billed Grebes of any age are fun to photograph because they are so feisty with each other. They often chase each other around when one of them catches a fish in an effort to steal it away.<\/p>\n

\"Juvie
\nJuvie Pied-billed Grebe – Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 500, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Pied-billed Grebes can live to be at least 3 years old, if not longer. They are rarely seen in flight because they migrate at night. They are capable of long distance flights, some Pied-billed Grebes have flown to Europe, the Azores, and the Canary Islands. \u00b9<\/span><\/p>\n

\"FluffedFluffed up juvenile Pied-billed Grebe – Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 500, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

It won’t be long before the adult Pied-billed Grebes in this area begin the nesting season and more of these young grebes will be seen floating on the water near the adults, begging for food, or chasing after each other.<\/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

\u00b9 Birds of World<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I observed and photographed this Pied-billed Grebe juvenile it preened some, did a few stretches and fluffed up it feathers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1022,697,135,26],"tags":[970,215,4620,877,707,4341,4067,4071,56,16913,4094,4009,4166,3996,4095,4193],"class_list":["post-4672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-pied-billed-grebes","category-utah","tag-autumn","tag-bird-id","tag-fall","tag-grebe","tag-grebes-2","tag-hatch-year-bird","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-juveniles-2","tag-juvie","tag-marsh","tag-pied-billed-grebe","tag-podilymbus-podiceps","tag-water","tag-wetlands","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-fluffy-mia-mcpherson-6643.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1dm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6408,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/10\/23\/a-rare-sight-to-see-standing-pied-billed-grebes\/","url_meta":{"origin":4672,"position":0},"title":"Rare Sight to See – Walking And Standing Pied-billed Grebes","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"It was an unusual experience to see these Pied-billed Grebes standing upright and walking on the edge of this pond, some might even consider it rare.","rel":"","context":"In "Davis County"","block_context":{"text":"Davis County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/davis-county-utah\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Standing Pied-billed Grebe adult, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-mia-mcpherson-4888.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-mia-mcpherson-4888.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-mia-mcpherson-4888.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pied-billed-grebe-mia-mcpherson-4888.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5346,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/07\/19\/pied-billed-grebe-this-bird-is-a-tease\/","url_meta":{"origin":4672,"position":1},"title":"Pied-billed Grebe ~ This Bird is a Tease","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This Pied-billed Grebe; photographed at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area in northern Utah, is a tease. 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