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Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
(L 13" WS 16" Wt 1 lb)
Six Mile Cypress Slough
21Jan2017
Dives for food and often surfaces at
quite a distance away from dive.
quite a distance away from dive.
Bird Island
Ponte Vedra Beach
03Feb2012
nonbreeding
Viera Wetlands
07Feb2014
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Bob Sundstrom
Podilymbus is Greek for grebe;
podiceps is Latin for vent foot
(because legs are so far to the rear.
podiceps is Latin for vent foot
(because legs are so far to the rear.
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