Duck Like

Eared Grebe

Podiceps nigricollis
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Length: 13 in. (32 cm )
This small grebe winters in small to large flocks on inland lakes and coastal bays. In the summer both sexes are rusty and black with bright yellow ear tufts. In the winter they become more sedately black and white. This grebe constructs its floating nest of aquatic vegetation in shallow marshes. It feeds by diving underwater and catching insects, fish, crustaceans, and frogs.

The four-digit banding code is EAGR.

Male | Robert Shantz(link is external)

Male | Robert Shantz(link is external)



Marsh / swamp

Open water
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