The red-necked grebe has a bit of a split personality—in fact, it only lives up to its name about half the year. Its feathers are not red but brambly brown and gray throughout the winter, when it lives a low-key, quiet life in salt water along North American and European coasts. But just before it migrates to a northerly lake, pond, or swamp for breeding season, the plumage around the grebe"s throat turns a distinctive rust-red. Both males and females undergo the plumage change.
Red-necked grebes during breeding season
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Take a hike near Lovers Lane
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World Meteorological Day
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Arrone in Umbria, Italy
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Even nature needs a backup plan…
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Rising up from the black sand like rock gods
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Nomads of the Gobi
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Beethoven s 250th
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The eloquence of elephants
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Ancient theater of Epidaurus, Greece
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Go Fly a Kite Day
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Surströmming Day
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Celebrating Minnesota’s statehood
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When science looks like magic
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Cross this bridge if you dare
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The moon rises for Mid-Autumn Festival
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Carnival comes to Olinda
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Short-eared owl
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Presidents Day
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The moth wonderful time of the year
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Get on your bike and ride
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A castle fit for a count
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The desert blooms
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The Girl Scouts celebrate 110 years
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Joan charges Riverside Park
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Fresh water on the Silk Road
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Penguin Awareness Day
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A good time in the Badlands
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Mangrove Conservation Day
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Hiding in plain sight