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Pied-Billed Grebe

Did you hear about the big zombie party?

It was DEAD & full of STIFFS!

Interesting Fact:  Like other grebes, the Pied-billed Grebe eats large quantities of its own feathers. Feathers may at times fill up more than half of a grebe’s stomach, and they are sometimes fed to newly hatched chicks. The ingested plumage appears to form a sieve-like plug that prevents hard, potentially harmful prey parts from passing into the intestine, and it helps form indigestible items into pellets which they can regurgitate.  ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pied-billed_Grebe )