TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Pied_billed Grebe Pied_billed Grebe-Podilymbus podiceps Pied_billed Grebe-Podilymbus podiceps, Family Poicipedidae. Superficially similar to loons with lobed toes. Dive for animals to eat. This bird "crashed landed" into the water (like a commorant) and proceeded to disappear from view (I never saw it come back up for air!). While ungainly above water, they are known to be excellent and agile swimmers underwtaer. Found in Acton Lake in Heuston Woods State park in SW Ohio. (Photo: March 6, 2004).

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.