Pied-billed Grebe

It was a beautiful afternoon, albeit a little windy which kept it on the cooler side. There was a half decent crowd at Reifel, but it was fairly quiet on the birding front. Avoiding the wind I stuck to the inside trails,

Pied-billed Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe

… where the highlight of the afternoon was this Pied-billed Grebe.

Pied-billed Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe

It was busy foraging and catching fish at first,

Pied-billed Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe

… then it took some time to just float around while preening.

Pied-billed Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe

Always fun to spend some time with a Pied-billed Grebe when they are fairly close as this one was.