Pied-Billed Grebe

Scientific Name: Podilymbus podiceps	Family: Podicipedidae	Order: Podicipediformes
Size: 13 inches.	Range: Throughout U.S.	Habitat: "Marshes, lakes, rivers."

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Photo 1 of 11. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2012-01-13

Photo 2 of 11. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2012-01-13

He finally got it. Note the very enlarged throat. I guess it'll get to his stomach eventually.

Photo 3 of 11. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2012-01-13

He kept trying and trying but was having real trouble swallowing it.

Photo 4 of 11. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2012-01-13

Getting there. He might actually get it down.

Photo 5 of 11. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2012-01-13

I watched this PBG struggle with this fish that seems way too big for it for about 10 minutes.

Photo 6 of 11. Location: Fremont Baylands. Date: 2012-01-04

Photo 7 of 11. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2012-01-13

Photo 8 of 11. Location: Morro Bay. Date: 2012-01-13

Photo 9 of 11. Location: Coyote Hills. Date: 2005-04-03

Photo 10 of 11. Location: Coyote Hills. Date: 2004-11-21

Photo 11 of 11. Location: Coyote Hills. Date: 2005-03-27