Apparently feeds mainly on fish at all seasons and in all habitats. Also known to eat crustaceans, insects, polychaete worms, salamanders. Like other grebes, also eats feathers.

What do little grebes feed on?

What they eat: Insects, larvae and small fish.

Why do grebes eat feathers?

Grebes, for example, consume their feathers by the hundreds. ... The feather balls are thought to protect the stomach by padding the sharp fish bones and slowing down the process of digestion so that the bones dissolve rather than pass into the intestine.