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Pied Billed Grebe ( Breeding Plumage)

Podilymbus podiceps

Photo by HemaShah
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The small, nondescript Pied-billed Grebe has an astonishing talent. The grebe is the master of its own buoyancy. It can squeeze out both the air trapped in its feathers and in its internal air-sacs and sink effortlessly.
Watch this footage,I found on line.
http://www.naturefootage.com/video_clips/WW04_009

Habitat:

wetlands.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
HemaShah
Going , Going, Gone! http://www.naturefootage.com/video_clips/WW04_009
Neil Ross
Nice one, Jemma. He sinks. I had to laugh. Great artwork and cheers for the info and video.
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PublishedJune 23, 2013

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