Pied-billed Grebe
"Up Periscope!"

I was driving along the canal at Bear River and hadn't seen
anything but some Cinnamon
Teal and Coots. A movement caught my eye so I
stopped and backed up. All I could see was a lump
poking out of the water
and I thought it must be a frog. Upon looking through the
binoculars, I was
startled to see just a head sitting out of the water and it made me
laugh out loud.
This cute little
Pied-billed Grebe had spotted me and was hiding under the water like a
submarine with a periscope.
That's a first. Very
cute! © Carol Davis, 4-15-07
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