Pied-Billed Grebe

[nabisho]

This young fellow is a Pied-Billed Grebe. He crash landed in some guy's driveway away from any water. These fellows have lobed feet like a Coot so they can't walk on land (like a Duck or Goose) and they can't get airborne again unless they can skip along on the water first. If they get stuck on land it's usually cat food time. They are migrating this time of year and this fellow probably just ran out of fuel and came down short of the water. He's OK now - we got him a couple days of full bellies with fresh fish and he got released this morning up at the new lake we found. He's going to be fine now.

NAB :-)