Keeping An Eye Out (And Up)

A pied-billed grebe in nonbreeding plumage casts an eye to the skies as it rests in Bower Slough in Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Ridgefield, Washington on December 29, 2011. Original: _MG_0474.CR2

A pied-billed grebe casts an eye upwards, with the biggest threat in the skies being the bald eagles whose numbers rose in winter along with the returning waterfowl. The biggest threat to its peace were the rafts of coots who moved about the slough.

📷: Canon 7D | Canon 500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4x III
🗓️: December 29, 2011

A pied-billed grebe in nonbreeding plumage rests in Bower Slough in Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Ridgefield, Washington on December 29, 2011. Original: _MG_0521.CR2

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