A western grebe was spotted by the birding group. From LearnThat.org.
The word grebe was there for the taking. From Wordnik.com. [Birding season: No grousing or sniping] Reference
Not as interesting as an imaginary grebe thesis …. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Purported doctor on Texas A&M message board claims he ‘laid off my first Obama voting employee.’ (Updated)] Reference
March 08, 2007 12:28 AM , great crested grebe said. From Wordnik.com. [Fully Elected Lords Now on the Agenda] Reference
Bird of the day: tie between horned grebe and snowy owl. From Wordnik.com. [grebes] Reference
Remember those grebe populations you did your thesis work with?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Drilling Is Not The Solution To Create Jobs And Reduce Reliance On Foreign Oil] Reference
Some night-flying race of grebe or snipe maybe, in passage south. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
Are humans really just doing one of those zany dancing grebe things?. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Something in the way she moves] Reference
He did his thesis under the eyes of a dead guy on a species of grebe. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: March 26, 2010] Reference
The plumage of this little grebe varies according to the time of year. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
Just seeing a grebe walk past is often enough to get their blood boiling. From Wordnik.com. [Labels, uniforms, style wars and the bully mentality] Reference
March 23rd, 2010 at 10: 23 pm dbadass says: vet tech at the grebe farm …. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Protesting Health Reform, GOP Attempts To Bring Senate Hearings To A Standstill By Blocking All Proceedings] Reference
Well, I know pelicans and swans but I wouldn't know a grebe from a budgerigar. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
Just a few years back, this would have been considered a "dark phase" Western grebe. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Picket grebe birders, may recognize this as a Western grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Again, the head of the great or crested grebe passes, while that of the little grebe sticks. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
Slavonian grebe is the European common name for Podiceps auritis, what North Americans call Horned grebe. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: SLAVONIAN.] Reference
Ask them to identify the kids that walk past, and they'll tell you without pausing: grebe, goth, chav, emo. From Wordnik.com. [Labels, uniforms, style wars and the bully mentality] Reference
Further there is the large goose, the little gregarious goose, the vulpanser, the horned grebe, and the penelops. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
A horned grebe surfaced in the middle of the long-tailed duck flock, looked around in all directions and dove again. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
A Slavonian grebe was busy fishing, with two well-grown young of the year – I call them grebelets – swimming nearby. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Loch Ruthven] Reference
Lake Alaotra, in particular, is an important wetland possessing the endemic Alaotra little grebe and Madagascar pochard. From Wordnik.com. [Madagascar subhumid forests] Reference
Two birders with big scopes tell me they've seen a red necked grebe, but try as I might I can't locate between the waves. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
Some of these not only swim but dive in the salt waters, and to this class of divers belong the grebe, loon, murre, and puffin. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of California] Reference
A group of birders with scopes were watching them from the boardwalk, but left before the really fabulous grebe action started. From Wordnik.com. [grebes] Reference
Wild duck, snipe, teal and grebe abounded there, and it was agreed that a day should be devoted to an expedition against these birds. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysterious Island] Reference
Many, many wild fowl, grebe, cranes, and white gulls of the inland seas, so that the northern mystery seemed to have blown so far south. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
As Derek scanned the water for the grebe, I noticed some small birds flitting to and fro over the edge of the mud, feeding on tiny insects. From Wordnik.com. [Birdwatch: Water pipit] Reference
I've been working on this and I think I can do it myself. grebe. From Wordnik.com. [phpBB.com]
If anybody can assist me with this, I would appreciate it. grebe. From Wordnik.com. [phpBB.com]
Alert and wary, the grebe paddles slowly along, watchful of every movement. From Wordnik.com. [The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year] Reference
Gaunt is sometimes a dialect form of gannet, used in Lincolnshire of the crested grebe. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Names] Reference
The most interesting creature we saw was a charming little water-fowl -- a species of grebe. From Wordnik.com. [On the Banks of the Amazon] Reference
The grebe thoughtfully keeps its nest above high-water mark by building on a floating island. From Wordnik.com. [The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations] Reference
One afternoon, a duck-like grebe -- found by an animal control officer -- floated in the bathtub. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Some other species, as, for instance, the grebe, have been taught to dwell about the homes of man, accepting food from his hands. From Wordnik.com. [Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization] Reference
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