David in NC
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This is not supposedly a rare bird but it's the first I have encountered as a fairly new birdwatcher.
I was birding in Morganton and this bird was on the pond on the road leading into Western Piedmont Community College. I had quite a good time watching it paddle and dive.
Boy these little water birds spend as much time UNDER water as on top! I watched it as it swam to the middle of the pond diving every so often, then as it made it's way to the edge and worked the edge just a few feet off the back for about thirty minutes.
I was birding in Morganton and this bird was on the pond on the road leading into Western Piedmont Community College. I had quite a good time watching it paddle and dive.
Boy these little water birds spend as much time UNDER water as on top! I watched it as it swam to the middle of the pond diving every so often, then as it made it's way to the edge and worked the edge just a few feet off the back for about thirty minutes.