[va-bird] Re: Lake Shenandoah Waterfowl, March 28th

 

Anybody see the Eared Grebe today at Lake Shen? 

 


William Leigh 
Bridgewater VA 
leightern@xxxxxxx>From: JMIrvine@xxxxxxx >Reply-To: JMIrvine@xxxxxxx >To:
shenvalbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, VA-BIRD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [va-bird] Lake
Shenandoah Waterfowl, March 28th >Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:33:52 EST
>>Alerted by a phone call from Charles Ziegenfus, who took his James Madison
>University ornithology class to Lake Shenandoah this morning, Tom Pendleton
and >I checked the water birds there at 1:15 this afternoon, with the
following >results: >>Common Loon 2 (in full alternate plumage) >Pied-billed
Grebe 1 >Horned Grebe 6 (in varying stages of molt changeover to alternate
plumage) >EARED GREBE 1 >Great Blue Heron 1 >>Canada Goose 2 >Mallard 1
>Ring-necked Duck 6 (3 m., 3 f.) >Lesser Scaup 6 >LONG-TAILED DUCK 8 (4 m.,
4f.) >>Bufflehead 4 (2 m., 2 f.) >Ruddy Duck 2 f. >American Coot 6 >Hooded
Merganser 1 f. >Tree Swallow 20+ >>An exceptionally good day at Lake
Shenandoah! In Clair Mellinger's Birds of >Rockingham County, Virginia
(1998)only two records for Eared Grebe are >listed, one at Lake Shenandoah,
27 April 1981, and another on a pond near Tenth >Legion, 25 October 1984.
This bird, which had a thin upturned bill that >generally appeared entirely
dark, was hanging out with 5 Horned Grebes, each of >whose stouter bills
sported a white tip. The orangish "ear plumes" were fully >developed but the
bird still had the white spot on the lower back side of the >face. It also
appeared to be a trifle smaller and more slender than the >Horned Grebes. It
spent a good bit of time snoozing with its bill tucked in its >back
feathers,and as it did, its white breast and belly were evident. >Ziegenfus,
who found the 1981 bird, had identified this one during the morning. >>The
Long-tailed Ducks, with the exception of one female, were all still in
>basicplumage. They could be heard yodeling on occasion. They are uncommon
>here, but not as rare as the Eared Grebe. >>John Irvine >Harrisonburg, VA
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