[Length 14 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Horned Grebe in winter plumage was photographed at Brigantine NWR, New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: December 1986)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This Least Grebe was photographed at World Birding Center - Rio Bentsen Park, Mission, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: January 10, 2005)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This Least Grebe was photographed at the NAS Sabal Palms Sanctuary, Brownsville, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=420mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: February 9, 2008)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This Least Grebe, wrestling with a crayfish almost half its size, was photographed at Willow Lake, Santa Ana NWR, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: May 7, 2009)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This Least Grebe was photographed at Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: January 16, 2010)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This Least Grebe was photographed at Estero Llano Grande State PArk, Weslaco, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: March 29, 2011)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This Least Grebe on the nest was photographed at Sabal Palms Sanctuary, Brownsville, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter (EFL=750mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: May 26, 2011)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This Least Grebe on the nest was photographed at Sabal Palms Sanctuary, Brownsville, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter (EFL=750mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: May 26, 2011)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This female Least Grebe tending her eggs was photographed at Sabal Palms Sanctuary, Brownsville, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: June 3, 2011)