Pied-billed grebe
Podilymbus podiceps

Size: 12 inches
Overall Color: brown
Occurrence: near water
Diet: fish, insects, frogs, crayfish
Nest: platform in water
Field Identification: short stubby beak, beak yellow when not breeding, dark back, light wings, dark ring on whitish beak during breeding
Season: summer

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: podicipediformes
Family: 07 Podicipedidae (grebes)
Genus: Podilymbus
Species: podiceps