Hi, I was in California this past weekend and saw a small waterbird in a small shallow inlet at the base of the hill in the town of Bodega Bay. It was swimming with a bunch of Western Grebes. It was small (12 inch?) and brownish, shaped like a grebe, average neck length, low and smooth in back (no apparent tail). Yellow or tan bill. The bird had a distinctive fan-shaped crest at the top of its head--it stood straight up like a turkey tail, and it displayed the crest at will. It was the only bird of its type there. It dove quite a bit, but did not stay under water for extended periods. Can anyone help me?
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