Scientific Name: Podilymbus podiceps

Residency: Year-round throughout Arizona, except northeastern corner where it spends only summers.

Diet: Eats fish, insects, frogs, and crayfish.

Predators: Bald Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, and Glaucous-winged Gull. Eggs are eaten by American Coot.

Nesting: Nest is a platform made of decaying vegetation that is attached to growing vegetation in shallow water. Eggs: 4-7 per clutch, bluish green, 1-2 broods per year.

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Notes: Parents may do distraction displays when their young are in danger.

Photo: Taken at the Riparian Preserve at the Gilbert Water Ranch on November 18, 2006. For more photos, click on camera icon.

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