A grebe diving into a body of water.

Moment of impact. A grebe plunges headfirst into the water.🦊🪶

#GrebeDive #UnderwaterHunter #DivingBird #WesternGrebe #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birds

Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos):

🌊 No Waterproof Feathers! – Unlike ducks, their feathers aren’t waterproof, which helps them dive deeper but means they must dry their wings after every swim.
#LittlePiedCormorant #Waterbird #DivingBird #Cormorant #AussieWildlife #Birds

Antarctica Yields Intact Skull — An Ancestor of Today’s Waterfowl That Survived Dinosaur Extinction The skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the Mesozoic Era

#Archeological find of a #DivingBird in #Antarctica that survived the #Extinction of the #Dinosaurs .. a period way warmer than today

Given the scientific name of #Vegavisiaai, it appears to similar the Black Throated Diver in the images

www.goodnewsnetwork.org/antarctica-y...

I'm a huge fan of grebes, though I've only seen Great Crested and Little Grebe so far.

#Grebe #Waterbird #DivingBird #FeatheredSwimmer #BirdWatching #WildlifePhotography #NatureLovers #AquaticBirds #GrebeLife #Ornithology #BirdsOfTheWorld