Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritus
ORDER: PODICIPEDIFORMES
FAMILY: PODICIPEDIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
Familiar to most North American birders in its black-and-white winter plumage, the Horned Grebe is more striking in its red-and-black breeding feathers. Its "horns" are yellowish patches of feathers behind its eyes that it can raise and lower at will.