Pied-billed Grebes don't fly well. They are not spotted often in flight. Usually they are seen on the water. They are divers and are able to hold water in their feathers to allow them to dive and stay under water for a while. They eat a lot of their own feathers, which is used to filter their food so that harmful parts won't get into their intestines.
Their defense is to dive under water. Sometimes they are submerged with just their eyes and bill out for breathing.
They build their nests in the water. They use the plants in the water to anchor their nests.
Pied-billed Grebes are water birds like ducks and can be IDed by the thick bill and large head and brown feathers.
The large head reminds me at times of people that think they know something. We need to remember, it is not what we know, but what we can testify of that matters. Life with Jesus does not consist of knowledge alone, but what we do with our knowledge in love for others.
1 Corinthians 8:1 "...knowledge makes arrogant, but love edifies."
Father, lead me in the love You have for me.
The Pied Billed Grebes know their home - The water. We, as Christians know when we are home - when we are in the presence of God.
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