Pied-billed Grebe - Photos by Bruce Dayton - Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

ORDER: Podicipediformes
FAMILY: Podicipedidae (Grebes -7 Species)
SPECIES: Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Pied-billed Grebe
The Pied-billed Grebe rarely flies, preferring to escape danger by diving underwater when scared. The most widespread of North American grebes.
SIZE	The Pied-billed Grebe is a small, (12-15”) brown, stocky, diving duck.
DESCRIPTION	They have a dark crown and back with a black ring around his whitish bill. They have a whitish undertail coverts and throat. Sexes are similar in appearance.
NESTING	Clutch size ranges from 4-7 eggs, which are incubated in 20 to 24 days. The nest can be a floating nest or one built up from the bottom in shallow water. The nest is anchored to emergent vegetation.
RANGE	The Pied-billed Grebe breeds across Canada, parts of the United States, and parts of South America.
HABITAT	Commonly habitat wet-lands, marshes and ponds of North America.
DIET	Feeds on small fish, insects and amphibians.

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Pied-billed Grebe

Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge Seneca County, New York


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Pied-billed Grebe Drawing by Louis Agassiz Fuertes