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Duckling/waterfowl swimming
Last post 07-28-2010 10:35 PM by cvgaytan. 3 replies.
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07-28-2010 12:59 PM
Offline cvgaytan
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Duckling/waterfowl swimming

My daughter took this photo of a duckling/waterfowl swimming in a canal in rural south Texas. Can anyone tell us what kind of bird it is? The pic won't attach. The duckling looks black with 3 white horizontal stripes across its face and one white long vertical stripe along the back of its head. 
07-28-2010 4:30 PM In reply to
Offline kh54s10
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Re: Duckling/waterfowl swimming

Welcome,  sorry I cannot help with the ID but if you look in the "Welcome" thread of the forum the second post pinned is instructions for posting photos.  You need to have a hosting site like Flickr or PhotoBucket.  You then copy the URL for the picture. Come back to your post and use the Icon on the above toolbar that looks like a tree and paste it in.  That will add the picture.

We look forward to seeing some pictures and hearing about what you see.

07-28-2010 8:10 PM In reply to
Offline mojoedevine
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Re: Duckling/waterfowl swimming

I haven't seen your photo yet, but my money is on a small grebe. The most likely one, I believe, is a juvenile Least Grebe. Here's a photo -

http://www.oiseaux.net/photos/patrick.ingremeau/least.grebe.5.html

Pied-billed Grebe juvie is a possibility, but it's noticably brown and the streaking on the face isn't so well-defined as to count the number of stripes. But, here's a photo of one -

http://sdakotabirds.com/species_photos/pied_billed_grebe_9.htm

07-28-2010 10:35 PM In reply to
Offline cvgaytan
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Re: Duckling/waterfowl swimming

Thank you very much for sending the pictures! It is in fact a Least Grebe.
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