2025—Cutie Pie(d-billed Grebe)

Whenever I see a Pied-billed Grebe, I think, “what a cutie pie!” I guess that matches its name, so it’s a cutie pie(d-billed). Sorry, I couldn’t resist. And, to add to that, this image contains Carolisms, what with the water droplet and its reflection. The reflection is almost perfect but the water doesn’t look at all glassy, so I’m not sure what that’s about. The water has its own “painterly” effect, created by Mother Nature, not Photoshop.