This afternoon I had the opportunity to revisit the nesting Pied-billed Grebe.  
As I mentioned previously this land was formerly planted with corn but the corn was seldom harvested due to annual flooding. 
Due to the diligence and persuasion of some of our local USDA employees who were able to convince the local farmers to switch, these flood prone lands are now reverting back, with some help, to their former status under the federal Wetland Reserve Program, [WRP].
It was with a great sense of satisfaction for me and for the members of the local USDA team to learn of the nesting Pied-billed Grebe.  I was both happy and relieved today to note one adult still on the nest, now nine days later, with its mate in attendance.
Bonus birds this afternoon were a single Least Sandpiper, a single Common Moorhen and about a quarter mile down the road an Osprey perched over the Otter Creek.
A Common Moorhen and a nesting pair of Pied-billed Grebe in what was a few years back a failed corn field, is a habitat transformation to be celebrated!

Cheers, Roy Pilcher.