Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus, winter plumage

1/6/07

Des Moines Marina, Des Moines, Washington, U.S.A.

Podiceps auritus (winter plumage)

I can always count on seeing at least one of these guys here.

Taken with a Nikon N65, zoom lens Quantaray 70-300mm 1:4-5.6D LDO Macro.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Aves

Order: Podicipediformes

Family: Podicipedidae

Genus: Podiceps

Species: auritus

(Podiceps auritus) Horned Grebe; Slavonian Grebe

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