[va-bird] Red-necked Grebe at Silver Lake- Rockingham Co.

Cheryl Lyon emailed me some pictures this morning of what she 
identified as a Red-necked Grebe.  Over lunch I got down to the 
lake and found two grebes sitting side by side.  One was obviously 
the "resident" Pied-billed Grebe and the other was about twice as 
big.  It had its bill under its wing but I eventually got good enough 
looks at it to conclude that Cheryl had correctly identified this bird.  
Before I left I also found a Horned Grebe on the lake giving me a 
three-grebe day.  I suppose I don't win any prizes for that but it was 
a lot more interesting than many days at Silver Lake.

Incidentally there were eight migrating Ring-billed Gulls at the lake 
as well.  They are moving through here too.

Clair Mellinger

Biology Department
Eastern Mennonite University
Harrisonburg VA  22802
(540) 432-4409  Fax: (540) 432-4488
mellinac@xxxxxxx
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