[va-bird] Re: Riverbend Park 4/26/05

I believe myself and my girlfriend are the "couple with 8x optics" referred to 
in the previous posting but let me apologize if I am mistaken. However, if we 
were, I want to say that in no way did we confirm the sighting of 9 RED-NECKED 
GREBES. We were told that there were RNG across the river and when we went to 
look it was simply to poor of lighting to determine the species and frankly I 
don't think an id could have been made w/o a good scope (they were way off in 
the cove in front of the white barrel on the far shore, at 1 o'clock from the 
ramp). From our observations our best guess would be cormorant, which could 
have been mistaken with RNG in poor light conditons. Then again, they could 
have been grebes and in the poor light I assumed cormorant. I just don't want 
people getting excited thinking 4 people confirmed sighting RNG when it was 
really 2 and 2 who do not agree. If there were 2 couple prior to myself and my 
girlfriend just consider us a 3rd couple who does not agr
 ee with
 RNG. As for the possible HARLEQUIN DUCK, we were not present from the fly-by. 
If anyone does confirm the RNG, please post-that would be a real treat!
Good birding-
Ryan

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