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Good Grebe!
by John Muir Laws — published January 01, 2011
Grebes are always fun to watch. Jack Laws helps you tell one from another. If you're especially lucky, you'll see their amazing synchronized courtship dances, where male and female zoom like speedboats across the surface of ponds or lakes. Open a larger version of the page.
Naturalist and illustrator John Muir Laws is the author of The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada and Sierra Birds: A Hiker's Guide. Learn more at johnmuirlaws.com.
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