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Cogswell
1949
Podilymbus podiceps
Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif.
Aug 13}
One seen in Pondweed channels of marsh
Aug 17}
at southeast end of lagoon on 2 of my 3 visits there.
[Sullivan collected 3 others in the area]. When alarmed
the bird(s) I observed took refuge in the sedge
marsh by splattering over the surface of the
pondweed with feet aided by flapping of wings.