Hoary-headed Grebe (6/11)

PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Poliocephalus poliocephalus

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Karmona Station, QLD (Apr, 2011)

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Larry3 [3]
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A pair of Hoary-headed Grebes swim in the Cooper Creek in outback Queensland.

The flooded creek was about fourteen kilometres wide but much of it very shallow and this photo was taken after wading a kilometre or so from the shore along the road.

Hoary-headed Grebe