a molting pied-billed grebe
this grebe hopped up on the beach at Canyon Park and stretched its li'l wings. a friend on another forum tells me this is an adult in molt; it's apparently lost most of its primaries in the transition from breeding plumage to non-breeding, and is waiting for the feathers to grow back in. i'd never seen an adult grebe look like this, so i assumed it was a youngster that had not yet gotten all its flight feathers...
this grebe hopped up on the beach at Canyon Park and stretched its li'l wings. a friend on another forum tells me this is an adult in molt; it's apparently lost most of its primaries in the transition from breeding plumage to non-breeding, and is waiting for the feathers to grow back in. i'd never seen an adult grebe look like this, so i assumed it was a youngster that had not yet gotten all its flight feathers...
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