Central Park: Pied-billed Grebe 3-Feb-2007

Pied-billed Grebe — adult plumage
CENTRAL PARK — RESERVOIR
Image by BEN CACACE
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This Pied-billed Grebe is possibly the same bird that appeared on the reservoir for the 2006/2007 ‘winter season’ the day I was out birding with Omar Morales on 30-Sep-2006. It arrived in juvenile plumage and has recently begun to acquire its adult plumage as noted by Jack Meyer in a recent post to eBirds NYC.

Here's a link to a photo by Cal Vornberger taken of the juvenile on the reservoir on 11-Dec-2006.

Scroll down a bit at the following link for 2 photos from 9-Dec-2006 taken by Bruce Yolton.