tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139421497584248575.post1623675736263415040..comments2023-11-05T08:04:57.962-06:00Comments on Penelopedia: Nature and Garden in Southern Minnesota: Juvenile Grebe?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11830553767527010173noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139421497584248575.post-57428472648126853432011-03-11T18:32:07.611-06:002011-03-11T18:32:07.611-06:00Dan, you may well be right. The small size had me ...Dan, you may well be right. The small size had me thinking grebe from the start, though. I've never seen a merganser in the barely-out-of-fuzz stage, which I am guessing it would have to be (if it could be at all) to be as small as this was but still smooth-feathered.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830553767527010173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139421497584248575.post-46388807039884188022011-03-11T07:35:56.441-06:002011-03-11T07:35:56.441-06:00It looks more like a female or young Hooded Mergan...It looks more like a female or young Hooded Merganser to me, but I did not examine the photo carefully.Dan Tallmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866930576252147015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139421497584248575.post-56881704150198882772009-07-27T12:46:53.623-05:002009-07-27T12:46:53.623-05:00I was going to say Grebe but then you said it firs...I was going to say Grebe but then you said it first.<br /><a href="http://pickapeckofpixels.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Abraham Lincoln </a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com