| 单词 | grebe |
| 例句 | How could the chemical have built up to such prodigious levels in the grebes? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z At Clear Lake the western grebe is a breeding bird and also a winter visitant, attracted by the abundant fish of the lake. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As he spoke he bobbed and dipped like a dabchick or little grebe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the nesting colonies of the grebes dwindled — from more than 1000 pairs before the first insecticide treatment to about 30 pairs in i960. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The following winter months brought the first intimation that other life was affected: the western grebes on the lake began to die, and soon more than a hundred of them were reported dead. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It is called the “swan grebe” with reason, for it glides with scarcely a ripple across the lake surface, the body riding low, white neck and shining black head held high. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And like the grebes, the pheasants, the quail, and the robins, they are less and less able to produce young and to preserve the continuity of their race. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And even the thirty seem to have nested in vain, for no young grebes have been observed on the lake since the last DDD application. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Among these living carriers were fish that had hatched nine months after the last DDD application, grebes, and California gulls that had built up concentrations of more than 2000 parts per million. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Out on the lake there were flocks of grebes, small and dark, and leaving trails in the water when they swam. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Her thesis research was the ecology of the giant pied-billed grebe, a flightless bird that was then found only at Lake Atitlan in the Guatemalan highlands and now is extinct. Anne LaBastille, Adirondack 'Woodswoman,' dies 2011-07-06T00:16:03Z Not only was she a certified Adirondack guide, she was also the first female professor of natural resources at Cornell, and conducted research on the endangered, and eventually extinct, giant pied-bill grebe bird. Adventuring while female: why the relationship women have with nature matters 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z I distinctly remember him showing me great crested grebes, coots and moorhens; birds that stir and linger in my memory to this day. After a breakdown, birdwatching brought me friendship, escape and a new love of nature 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Over many generations, though, male grebes started to look less dazzling. Birds fall in love, and they have the moves to prove it 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Perhaps 1 million years ago or more, a male grebe needed bright colors and tricky moves. Birds fall in love, and they have the moves to prove it 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Her research is “vigorous but useless,” she writes, though watching grebes she sees that most of us avoid lulls by filling them with “recognizable busyness.” Photos, Gardens, Birds, Trees: What’s Happening in the Great Outdoors 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z My son and I spent a morning watching pied-billed grebes dive deep for food, trying to guess when and where they would finally emerge. They swam against the tide with a winter beach vacation. Verdict: Worth it. 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z In the 1980s the New Zealand population of the Australasian crested grebe was at a precipitously low number of roughly 200 birds. What is the pūteketeke, the bird John Oliver is obsessed with? Here's what makes this fowl so weird 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Mr Oliver sparked a global frenzy with an "alarmingly aggressive" campaign for the vulnerable crested grebe. Bird of Century: Pūteketeke wins NZ poll after campaign by John Oliver 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z A diving waterbird called the eared grebe, for example, needs 28,000 adult brine shrimp each day to survive. At the Great Salt Lake, record salinity and low water imperils millions of birds 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z My local pond, near Poznań, in Poland, is great place for grebes. Picture of wild cat hunting flamingo wins award 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z I drifted past hundreds of ducks, gulls, grebes and herons. Taking the scenic route to Aveiro, on Portugal’s Atlantic coast 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z In the 1980s the New Zealand population of the Australasian crested grebe was at a precipitously low number of roughly 200 birds. What is the pūteketeke, the bird John Oliver is obsessed with? Here's what makes this fowl so weird 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z But don’t always peer skyward while you’re there: The waters and the woods can yield sightings of a variety of birds, including pied-billed grebes, American coots, red-billed woodpeckers and Bonaparte’s gull. Six stellar stargazing spots around the D.C. area 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z The dead animals included a bottlenose dolphin, three California sea lions and a wide array of birds: cormorants, coots, pigeons, grebes and more. A long road ahead to recovery from Huntington Beach oil spill 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z This little great crested grebe was posing for me through all the time that Sun was setting. Picture of wild cat hunting flamingo wins award 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Back at the harbor, another small waterbird — an eared grebe — was released alongside the ruddy duck Wednesday. Cleansed of oil, birds harmed by O.C. spill take flight in Huntington Beach 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Over the next several days, snowy plovers under the organization’s care will move through a circuit navigated by the oiled grebes, gulls, coots and pelicans that preceded their arrival. Snowy plovers, already a threatened bird, are caught up in Orange County oil spill 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Longtime residents miss when eared grebes, cormorants and white and brown pelicans were more abundant. Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California’s largest lake 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Heron, grebe and pelicans swam in front of him. 'Unrecognizable.' Lake Mead, a lifeline for water in Los Angeles and the West, tips toward crisis 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z He said: "She was a very experienced and brave lady. The whole lake was covered in ice and great crested grebes are very feisty and notoriously accurate with their stiletto-like beaks." Wild swimmer rescues bird from frozen pond 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Originally an arm of San Francisco Bay, it is the nation’s oldest designated wildlife refuge, home to geese, ducks, songbirds, raptors, gulls, grebes, herons and pelicans. Oakland, awash with COVID-`19, struggles to keep people away from popular Lake Merritt 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z “The wetlands will provide foraging and rearing habitat for a diversity of coastal dependent and migratory shorebirds, waterfowl and passerine species, including for example black oystercatchers, greater yellowlegs and red-necked grebe.” Whatcom Land Trust to buy, protect wetland near creek 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z At Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Va., wildlife managers are using bioacoustics to compare different water levels with the number of visits from species such as American bitterns, Virginia rails and pied-billed grebes. With bioacoustics, conservationists try to save birds through their songs 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z It came to light on Monday when a wildlife photographer tweeted images of "youths deliberately ramming" a great crested grebe nest last month. Birds nest damage probed after Packham wades in 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Killdeer, snipes, terns and grebes are among those already harmed, and scientists are concerned that more species might be hurt. A Major Migratory Bird Habitat Is in Danger 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Trudging to a nearby body of water, Franzen sweeps the scene with a mounted lens and glumly notes the lack of birds, save for a couple of horned grebes. Jonathan Franzen: 'Climate change isn't only reason for bird decline' 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Leaning over the railing, our gaze tracks wood ducks, pied-billed grebes and double-crested cormorants as they dive and pop back up where we do not expect. How much of a burden can we be to Union Bay before the strain is too much? 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Those fish attracted enormous flocks of ducks, grebes, and even bald eagles; 450 different bird species and subspecies have been spotted here. As California’s largest lake dries up, it threatens nearby communities with clouds of toxic dust 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z “Oh — western grebe, western grebe! Did you see it?” she shouted. High school at sea: Everett marine-biology school shines, but other districts aren’t on board 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z These include the killdeer, Wilson’s snipe, black tern, Western grebe and Clark’s grebe. A Major Migratory Bird Habitat Is in Danger 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The following winter months brought the first intimation that other life was affected; the western grebes on the lake began to die, and soon more than a hundred of them had been reported dead. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z King positioned Penny at her feet, but the dog kept moving, distracted by grebes bobbing on the waves. #Vanlife, the Bohemian Social-Media Movement 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z One of the most important wetlands along the Pacific Flyway, the Salton Sea supports nearly 90% of the migratory route’s American white pelicans and 90% of its eared grebes. State unveils a 10-year plan to restore habitat and control toxic dust storms along the Salton Sea's receding shoreline 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Kveven described how the grebe, a diving bird that feeds on fish, helps biologists gather clues about the state of the fishery. High school at sea: Everett marine-biology school shines, but other districts aren’t on board 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z And it’s seen significant declines in some of its residents in the last few years, including phalaropes and grebes. A Major Migratory Bird Habitat Is in Danger 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z It is sometimes called the “swan grebe,” and with reason, for it glides with scarcely a ripple across the lake surface, its body riding low and its white neck and shining black head held high. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The birds — six common murrers, a red-necked grebe, a pacific loon and a western grebe — were found on Monterey and Santa Cruz county beaches between Dec. 14 and 19, following a big swell days earlier. Doomed vessel continues to claim bird lives 63 years after sinking 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Loons, grebes, gulls and certain duck species are the principle victims in outbreaks. NY investigating bird deaths at Lake Ontario 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z The Slavonian grebe, mainly found in North America but also in decline in the Scottish Highlands, is evaluated as “vulnerable” in the list, announced on Thursday by BirdLife International on behalf of the IUCN. Puffins and turtle doves at risk of being wiped out, say experts 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Eared grebes build a floating nest of aquatic vegetation on which to lay their eggs. Montana refuge a haven for migratory and grassland birds 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z But when someone thought of analyzing the fatty tissues of the grebes, they were found to be loaded with DDD in the extraordinary concentration of sixteen hundred parts per million. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Knox said the grebes died from blunt force trauma. Birds found dead on Lake Havasu test negative for avian flu 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z As Wilcox drove along the shore recently, he spotted eared grebes, lanky ospreys and black-necked stilts, thin birds that looked as if they were wearing tuxedos. What’s going on at California’s largest lake illustrates fight over water in West 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z There are egrets, ibis, ducks and geese, stilts, dowitchers, and avocets; at one point, three and a half million eared grebes were counted. California Runs Dry 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z And, of those, only two showed the grebes’ hindlimbs in adequate detail. How do these birds run on water? 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The grebes still carried heavy residues, and meanwhile their nesting colonies had dwindled, from more than a thousand pairs before the first insecticide treatment to about thirty pairs in 1960. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z On a recent day, Tseng and a veterinary student examined the injured wing of a goose while seabirds - a horned grebe and a common murre - swam in a rehabilitation pool. New England wildlife also suffering through tough winter 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z The birds include surf scoters, dunlins, Western sandpipers and eared grebes. Mystery goo: Scientists closer to solving deadly puzzle 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z “Western grebes are kind of my canary in a coal mine for this lake,” Bengtson said. Pelican Lake, known for diving ducks, gets TLC 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z The birds — surf scoters, buffleheads and horned grebes — began turning up on a beach Friday. Officials begin testing mystery gunk linked to bird deaths 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Even the thirty seem to have nested in vain, for no young grebes have been observed on the lake since the last DDD application. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The results show that the first Neoaves species to peel off were ancestors of today’s doves, grebes and flamingos. Flock of geneticists redraws bird family tree 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z The migrating pelicans and grebes that hang out there have fewer fish to eat as the shallow water disappears. Preserving an Accident, the Salton Sea in California, for the Good of Nature 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z “The grebes were tracking this very large-scale change — the combined change to herring in the north and sardines in the south,” Wilson said. Once-common marine birds disappearing from our coast 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The West Nile virus spread last year from mosquitoes to eared grebes, a duck-like aquatic bird, wildlife officials said. Utah officials work to prevent more eagle deaths 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z At Clear Lake, the western grebe is a breeding bird and also a winter visitant, attracted by the abundant fish of the lake. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z At-risk waterfowl like pied-billed grebes and ruddy ducks, and wading birds like glossy ibises and American bitterns thrive with access to both freshwater and saltwater. Environmental Group Proposes Options for Breached Pond at Jamaica Bay 2014-02-11T02:54:33Z But scientists may ultimately be unable to determine if grebes infected by West Nile virus migrated to Utah or if they contracted it there, she said. West Nile Virus Blamed for Death of Bald Eagles in Utah 2014-01-02T04:15:02.587Z There is no easier way to view this decline than through the once-ubiquitous Western grebe. Once-common marine birds disappearing from our coast 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Officials are hopeful the treatment is working because grebes began migrating this spring and there’s no sign yet of any dead birds. Utah officials work to prevent more eagle deaths 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z DWR says in a statement that it believes the eagles ate grebes that were infected with the virus. 27 eagle deaths in Utah caused by West Nile Virus 2013-12-31T19:37:53Z In doing so, he found that the creature's traits were surprisingly similar to those of modern flightless birds such as rails and grebes that frequently dwell on islands. Did Iconic Archaeopteryx Lose Its Ability to Fly? 2013-11-13T15:45:00.493Z The two flooded quarries are now a haven for local wildlife, attracting large flocks of waterfowl, including swans, mallards and the great crested grebe. From industrial toil to tourism 2013-05-06T15:38:51Z The loss of herring probably drove grebes away, Wilson hypothesized, but it also did so just as sardine stocks were recovering to the south. Once-common marine birds disappearing from our coast 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The grey heron is the collateral damage here: it joins the avocet, little grebe and ringed plover among the birds that would be endangered by a four-runway behemoth appearing off the Isle of Sheppey. BAA traffic figures back Boris Johnson's estuary airport plans 2012-02-13T11:02:19Z Rehabbers across the country are linked by Internet chat groups, and all of us were horrified to hear about last month’s crash landing of more than 3,500 Eared grebes in southern Utah. Dot Earth Blog: Other Voices: The Night it Snowed Grebes in Utah 2012-01-10T15:30:11Z Officials said that stormy conditions probably confused the flock of eared grebes, ducklike, aquatic birds making their way to the Mexican coast for the winter. | Rockies: Utah: Thousands of Birds Die After Crash Landings 2011-12-15T01:29:01Z Officials say storm clouds above city lights Monday night probably confused thousands of grebes, which are a duck-like aquatic bird that migrates south for the winter. Thousands of birds confuse clouds, parking lot for water and make deadly crash landing in Utah 2011-12-14T15:23:42Z Riding towards the small lagoon of Zopiton on April 16th, its surface was seen to be dotted all over with waterfowl—ducks and divers, coots and grebes. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Young grebes are beautiful objects, clothed with black, white and brown down, disposed in streaks and their bill often brilliantly tinted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Dab′ber, a sort of pad for dabbing ink on engraved wood blocks or plates; Dab′chick, a small water-fowl, a kind of grebe. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z I saw fine specimens of a white swan, and of a bird said to be extremely rare in Greenland,—it was a species of grebe, Podiceps cristatus, I imagine. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z These feathers possibly came from an ancient waterfowl similar to modern-day grebes, the researchers suggest. 'Dinofuzz' Found in Canadian Amber 2011-09-15T16:45:05Z About a week before Christmas, my wife was busy one evening trimming an opera-cloak for Maggie May—would she ever wear it, I wonder—with some kind of grebe. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z It was April, another month, another long, long four weeks—and early summer and sunshine would come and bring back with them the birds—the grebe, the auk, the wild duck and guillemot. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z Large numbers of grebes—great crested, eared, and little,—gulls and pelicans frequent the lake. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z From these rush-bunches they now and then flushed dab-chicks or lesser grebes which, when there is open water, cannot be got to fly. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The keeper now and then shoots a grebe in the mere where the streamlet widens out into a small lake, which again is bordered by water meadows. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z “Yes, it is the skin of a grebe of some kind,” was the reply; “but there are so many different kinds, in this country find America.” In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z There were great numbers of grebes and ducks in the bay, and I asked the dock foreman if there was any rule against shooting there. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z Aquatic nests of grebes and other freshwater birds are only slightly more complex, often made just by piling up vegetation until it forms a floating mass. Books: A Feat of Engineering That Doubles as a Home to Raise a Brood 2011-06-20T20:31:48Z Mark waited his chance and instantly fired, and Pan brought them the grebe. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Swan-down and the skins of various penguins and grebes and of the albatross are used, like fur, for muffs and collarettes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Among the trees the wood-ibis stole; without on the placid glass of the stream the eared grebe floated. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z The ducks left at once, but the grebes sought safety in diving, and as soon as the fusillade began a number of gulls came hovering around, apparently to learn the cause of the racket. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z The bottle shooters, coot potters, and noisy revellers, the swan’s egg robbers and grebe destroyers, the persons who use one’s boat-houses as luncheon rooms or dust bins are, unfortunately, home products. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z The latter name, however, is also applied to the great crested grebe. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z While, as a rule, the dorsal region of this tract is relatively narrow, it is in some of great breadth, e.g. grebe, pigeon, coly. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Though right now the tide is in at Moss Landing, and there isn't much to see apart from the otters: a brown pelican, a pigeon guillemot, a — is that a grebe? Jonathan Franzen: American Author on TIME Pens 'Freedom' 2010-08-28T14:10:00Z There were plenty of ducks, coots, grebes, and gulls on the river, and I had fine sport with them whenever I cared to shoot. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z By Matt Walker Editor, Earth News The Alaotra grebe is extinct, according to the latest assessment of the world's rarest birds. Alaotra grebe confirmed extinct 2010-05-26T07:27:00Z Wild duck, snipe, teal, and grebe, abounded there, and it was agreed that a day should be devoted to an expedition against these birds. Abandoned The grebe spends half of his life in or on the water. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road They are never crested, but are conspicuously marked, and are equally expert with the grebes in diving and sinking. Wild Birds in City Parks Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago They consist of petrels, swans, geese, pelicans, grebes, auks, gulls, and divers; these last are more particularly of the duck family, of which there are over thirty distinct species in and about this immediate region. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Thus the eggs of the plover are pear-shaped, of the sand-grouse more or less cylindrical, of the owls and titmice spherical and of the grebes biconical. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Coot, sea duck, loons, black duck, grebes, dotted the surface of the pond and in all the sandy shallows spawning alewives splashed and played-thousands of them. Old Plymouth Trails Quite as expert a performer is the pied-billed grebe, who swims long distances with body submerged and only the tip of the bill out of the water. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road In a moment the whole air is in motion; grebes with their beautiful plumage, flamingoes with flaming wings, wild swans, and ducks, and teals, by thousands whirl through the air. Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia The grebe seemed to be in distress for want of air. Ways of Nature Similarly the auks, divers, puffins, terns, and grebes, noddies, and guillemots may be associated together in one order—the order Pygopodes. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 There’s an eagle planing in lazy circles high in the air, even now, putting a soft-pedal on the noise of the coots and grebes as he circles over their rush-lined cabarets. The Prairie Child Coot and moorhens paddle in and out of the reeds, and great grebes float leisurely about its surface. Highways and Byways in Surrey A few others, like the swans and grebes, bear the young ones on the back, but the woodcock's method is unique. Birds in the Calendar The grebe itself could doubtless have broken the ice had it desired to. Ways of Nature Other birds shot by the fowlers were mallard, teal, widgeon, whimbrells, grebes of several kinds, and the “yelping” avocet. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Among the water birds the gulls, terns, grebes, herons, egrets, osprey, flamingos, and pelicans have been so hunted for their plumes that some of them are almost extinct. Conservation Reader Millions of years ago there lived birds built on the general grebe plan and who doubtless were derived from the same original stock, but which lived in the great seas of that time. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Again, the head of the great or crested grebe passes, while that of the little grebe sticks. 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. In Bronx Park in New York a grebe and a loon lived together in an inclosure in which was a large pool of water. Ways of Nature Some other species, as, for instance, the grebe, have been taught to dwell about the homes of man, accepting food from his hands. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization Gaunt is sometimes a dialect form of gannet, used in Lincolnshire of the crested grebe. The Romance of Names Alert and wary, the grebe paddles slowly along, watchful of every movement. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The grebes have a peculiar habit of plucking off the soft feathers from the under side of the body and swallowing them. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Down to the bottom it went again, and again hurled itself up against the ice, this time shattering it and rising to the surface, where the grebe was quick to follow. Ways of Nature On the other hand grebes and coots are eminently aquatic, although their toes are only bordered by membrane. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) The most interesting creature we saw was a charming little water-fowl—a species of grebe. On the Banks of the Amazon The grebe, however, has so far stuck to a life which bids fair to allow his race safety for many generations, but he is perilously near the limit. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The plumage of this little grebe varies according to the time of year. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Those who have visited Paris will probably have seen the grebes in the window of the restaurateur in the Rue de Rivoli. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds Near the hacienda is a little lake called Mica, on which we found a species of grebe, with wings so short it could not fly. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America He does not make the hurried dip of his smaller cousin, the grebe, but more calmly curves both neck and body, disappearing under the surface in a graceful arch. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book This little grebe comes of a splendid line of ancestors, some of which were even more specialised for an aquatic life. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Although permanent residents in this country, little grebes leave, in the "rains," those tanks that do not afford plenty of cover, and betake themselves to a jhil where vegetation is luxuriant. A Bird Calendar for Northern India "I fired at the distance of thirty yards; my gun went quick as lightning, but the grebe went quicker, and scrambling over, out of sight, came up again in a few seconds perfectly unhurt." Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds But I expect the grebes are very good sailors, and know when to look for bad weather. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy The coble has an exceedingly deep bow, which grips the water to a depth of some three feet, and which resembles in contour the breastbone of a grebe or northern diver. The Romance of the Coast Twenty-two beautiful grebes slain that their glossy breasts might lend splendor to a lady's wardrobe. Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird Black shadows fell on the placid waters of the Columbia, and in the limpid air under the bluffs Indians fished for salmon, and ducks and grebes sported in river weeds. The Log School-House on the Columbia Their plumage is not unlike grebe, and I mean to have Page 154some muffs and trimmings for the children made out of it. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months The lesser grebe sank at the sound of the paddle like a stone. After London Or, Wild England Last winter about 13 exhausted grebes and one loon were picked up, cared for and finally shipped with tender care to the Zoological Park. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation And mark my words, the slaughter will go on; the unholy traffic will not long be confined to grebe's breasts for muffs and cape trimmings. Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird 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. Stories of California At one time a good many swans' skins were exported for the sake of the down between the feathers, also the skins of grebes. Pioneers in Canada We make 'em of grebes' feathers and the like. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents It will be noticed that the breast of the grebe has almost wholly disappeared from the feather market and from women's hats. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Loggerheads and other ducks, cormorants, and grebes, were swimming about among the beds of kelp, and oyster-catchers of two kinds, gulls, kelp-geese, and many other birds frequented the shores. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 Here grebe and gull and heavy glede Passed eastward far away, The while the wind, with slackened speed, Drooped with the dying Day. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Here lazy, big, black water snakes, for which the creek was named, sunned on the bushes, wild ducks and grebe chattered, cranes and herons fished, and muskrats plowed the bank in queer, rolling furrows. Freckles These, like the tufted ducks and grebes, are entirely self-supporting. The Naturalist on the Thames The water was delightfully cool and refreshing, and the company very agreeable, ladies and gentlemen all swimming and diving about together with the unconventional freedom and grace of a company of grebes. A Crystal Age Thus, the streams are fished by herons, grebes, and kingfishers, while the rushy margins are worked by coots and gallinules, and, above the surface, reed and sedge-warblers, with other kinds, inhabit the reed-beds. Birds in Town and Village The fruit, enclosed in a crisp capsule, is tough and leathery, in shape a flattened oval, and is entirely covered with silken seeds lying close and dense as the feathers of the grebe. Tropic Days The bride wore a while épinglé dress and mantle trimmed with grebe, a white bonnet with orange blossoms, and a Brussel's lace veil. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 But their presence so close to London shows that we need not despair of seeing wild-crested grebes appear on the Serpentine. The Naturalist on the Thames But they no longer own the entire lake, for they have been obliged to share it with swans, grebes, coots, loons, fen-ducks, and a lot of others. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Above this strange flotilla we traced the incessant flight of petrels, pigeons, black puffins, divers, grebe, sterns, cormorants, and the sooty-black albatross of the high latitudes. An Antarctic Mystery I look through an opera-glass at the shore and see a prodigious number of ducks, geese, grebes, herons and all sorts of creatures with long beaks. Letters of Anton Chekhov Herons, kingfishers, moorhens, coots, grebes, ducks, teal, various divers, are all proscribed on behalf of trout. The Life of the Fields Two large birds remaining, which had dived, then rose to the surface, and to our surprise and pleasure proved to be great crested grebes. The Naturalist on the Thames Then his head went down, swifter than a diving grebe, and as St. Pierre's arm swung like an oaken beam over his shoulder, his own shot in straight for the pit of the other's stomach. The Flaming Forest The mulatto boy had caught alive in the pool a most charming little water-fowl, a species of grebe. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Wild duck, snipe, teal and grebe abounded there, and it was agreed that a day should be devoted to an expedition against these birds. The Mysterious Island The ice was safe for a dog; the divers or grebes were still on its surface. Rolf in the Woods He soon returned with two beautiful grebes, whose shining, white breast feathers are as much prized as some furs. Rolf in the Woods |
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