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Seabird ID Help

Posted: Sep 22 9:01 am
by Icarus
Saw this bird at Roberts Memorial Park on Tuesday. Can't seem to figure out what it is. You can't really tell from the photo but its eye is red. Sorry for the picture quality, it was at the extreme edge of my lens.


ImageIMG_2374 by Bruce Albertson, on Flickr

Re: Seabird ID Help

Posted: Sep 22 3:19 pm
by phainopepla6
looks like a pied billed grebe to me

Adam

Re: Seabird ID Help

Posted: Sep 22 3:59 pm
by jewill
I agree that it is a grebe, but I would say a Horned Grebe, probably a juvenile mainly because you say it had red eyes (pied-billed has brown eyes). Also the bill appears to be long and narrow, a pied-billed’s bill (that sounds weird :)) is short and chunky.

Re: Seabird ID Help

Posted: Sep 24 2:31 pm
by Icarus
Thanks! That one had me stumped.