Handpicked by Vancouver's bird advisory committee—yes, this body actually exists and its seats are filled by humans—the candidates are four rare birds: Peregrine Falcon, Western Grebe ...

They mainly eat fish caught by diving and they also prefer diving to flying as a means of escape. Young grebes will ride on the backs of the adult birds. The young can't control their own body ...

There is much to admire about the pied-billed grebe, including the way it submerges, easily and often. Lake Onota in Pittsfield is one of five large bodies of water in the upper Housatonic Valley ...