1/14/06 Oso Flaco Lake, Oceano, San Luis Obispo County, CA (Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival Event#35)
8/16/03 Mother with young'uns. Oroville State Wildlife Area, Butte County, CA
1/15/05 Near Morro Rock, Morro Bay San Luis Obispo County (Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival event with docent Rosemary Olszewski).
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: Pied-Billed Grebe
COMMON NAME: Pied-Billed Grebe
SPECIES: Podilymbus podiceps
FAMILY: Podicipedidae (Grebes)
LIFE LIST DATE: 3/16/2002
LOCATION: Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA
From Stokes Field Guide to Birds-Western Region & Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of North America:
HABITAT/BEHAVIOR: On ponds and lakes everywhere except far north, this little diver is common, but not seen in flocks. Sometimes swims, submarine-style, with only its head above water.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 12"; a small, stocky brown grebe with a short stout bill. Summer: Obvious black ring around white bill; chin is black. Winter: Bill has a faint ring or no ring, and chin is light.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 12"; a small, stocky brown grebe with a short stout bill. Summer: Obvious black ring around white bill; chin is black. Winter: Bill has a faint ring or no ring, and chin is light.
VOICE: During breeding, calls include a cow cow cow cow cow, a loud kek kek in alarm, and a softer cuk cuk cuk. It is generally quiet in winter.
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