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Pied-billed Grebe
| Color: |
Brown |
| Size: |
13" |
| Season: |
Year-round |
| Description: |
Brown overall with a stubby bill and lobed toes. Sexes look alike. The bill is white with a black band during the breeding season but becomes dull yellow without a band in the winter |
| Voice: |
Courting males give throaty barks kuk kuk cow cow cowp cowp cowp.
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| Habitat: |
Ponds and other bodies of water with emergent vegetation. |
| Interesting Fact: |
Pied-billed Grebes prefer to escape danger by diving under water rather than flying away. |
| Scientific name: |
Podilymbus podiceps |
| Order: |
Podicipediformes |
| Family: |
Podicipedidae |
Adult in breeding plumage Howard Eskin |
Adult in nonbreeding plumage Dave Herr |
Juvenile Ben Meadors |
Nest and eggs Allan Mueller |
Adult feeding young Ed Bustya |
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