| Common Name: | Grebe, Pied-billed | | Scientific Name: | Podiceps auritus | | Family: | Podicipedidae (Grebes) | | Area: | Buckskin Mountain State Park, Arizona | | Date: | February 21, 2010 | 
Merriam-Webster Dictionary says pied means - of two or more colors in blotches. The black blotch in the middle of the bill of the Pied-billed Grebe is almost an instant identifier. The sharp contrast of the black blotch and light colored bill is most intense in the breeding season from February thru September. | 
juvenile - Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon - - - June 9, 2014 | | Reference: | National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America |
|
|
