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conclude that the ecological characters of Podicipedidae were the grebe (P. griseigena) nests in Serbia, while others (e.g. P. nigricollis same as today. and P. griseigena) are winter visitors (CRAMP 1998) We hardly can Grebes are migratory species in the present. They are estimate since when grebes are migratory species, wintering mostly on the sea costs and estuaries. When migrating Since the fossil wing appears in its anatomical connection, we or wintering, tolerate more open waters (fresh or saline) where may conclude that this bird was not caught by a predator. As a food ample. Some species like little grebe (Tacbybaptus ruficollis), supposed migrating species, most probably it was a victim of an great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus), and sometimes red-necked accident. Acknowledgements — The authors wish to express their deep gratitude to Zorka IVANOV, geologist, and Stamen IVANOV, former professor of biology in Valjevo Gymnasium, who collected the bird bones among other fossil remains during their devoted lifelong research of Valjevo surroundings. We would like to thank Radisav GOLUBOVICH, geologist in Research Station in Petnica, for bringing our attention to fossil remains from Suseoke and providing information about their collection. Many thanks are extended to Dr. Christine LEFEVRE from the Laboratory of Comparative Anatomy in the National Museum of Natural History, Paris, Dr. Cécile MOURER-CHAUVTRÉ from the Department of Geology, University Claude Bernard, Lyon, Dr. Storrs OLSON from the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. 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