[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This Least Grebe was photographed at World Birding Center - Rio Bentsen Park, Mission, TX. 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, TX. 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, TX. 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, TX. 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, waddling awkwardly onto its nest, was photographed at Santa Ana NWR, McAllen, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: March 2002)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This Least Grebe, waddling awkwardly onto its nest, was photographed at Santa Ana NWR, McAllen, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: March 2002)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This Least Grebe was photographed at Santa Ana NWR, McAllen, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: March 2002)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This Least Grebe on its nest was photographed at Santa Ana NWR, McAllen, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: March 2002)