water-witch

Example Sentences

• "... bird was never seen again, dead or alive. There was a mystery about it , and when some one older and wiser than he told him it was a water witch or hell diver, the mystery was only half solved. Where did it go? How could it stay[…] Fortunately for the dabchick, […]"
• "[…] I knew that another pair of Grebes had chosen this secluded pond for their home. Careful search revealed only a deserted or incompleted nest, and I continued until I came to a weedy stretch. Examining it with binoculars, before entering, as it was quite open, I espied another of these elusive water-witches upon its nest."
• "The grebes and loons are not edible, […] nevertheless, the bird is often hunted, although the sportsman finds it a wary victim, for there is no bird in the world more difficult to shoot than a "water-witch." One instant it will be swimming[…] It is amazing how long a grebe can remain submerged."
• "The Hell Diver seen was probably the Pied Bill Grebe, […] it surely is a water witch and has disappeared."
• "... Grebes are highly aquatic expert divers but labored fliers. […] a "water-witch" [Blanchan 1902: 12]. The Pied-billed Grebe is represented at CA-44."
• "... my first nest of a "water witch," the pied-billed grebe. What's a grebe? Scientists would like the answer to that one. There are at least 20 species of grebes found around the world. All are birds incredibly adapted to aquatic environments[…]"