Pie-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Pie-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Pie-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Pie-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

These grebes were seen while walking the Foster Island Trail in Seattle, Washington on Monday, May 30th 2011 sometime in the afternoon. They were spotted close to the Washington Park Arboretum part of the trail, towards the end of an unsuccessful trek to spot a wood duck. More on that epic undertaking later. As for these grebes, they were hard to spot amongst the lily pads because they were still at first and so small. They were pretty far away too, but thanks to Collin Moore's awesome camera zoom powers I was able to take pictures of them. You can read more about these grebes here, and more about the Foster Island Trail here.