[wisb] Re: Is this a Horned Grebe or an Eared Grebe? (photo)
- From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Korducki <korducki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 07:21:37 -0800 (PST)
If you right click on the photo and then click on "large", you get a larger
version of the photo. If you click on "original" you get an even bigger
version, but it's pretty fuzzy and you have to scroll around to find the bird.
Bernie Sloan
--- On Sun, 3/4/12, Korducki <korducki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Korducki <korducki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [wisb] Is this a Horned Grebe or an Eared Grebe? (photo)
> To: bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx, "wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012, 8:51 AM
> The view is a bit distant but I feel
> it is a Horned Grebe. The front of the neck is quite
> white not dusky as it would be on an Eared. Same for
> the cheek. On an Eared the black should extend through
> the auriculars and down through the face. I think the
> head shape is the key point. Eared Grebe has a peak
> above the eye not toward the back of the head like this
> bird. The peak above the eye on the Eared also is
> accompanied by a steep forehead. Another minor point is that
> the Eared Grebe tends to ride with the back end higher in
> the water. This can vary with active feeding and
> diving though. The distant view does not allow a good view
> of the shape of the bill and the color of the tip. I
> vote for Horned Grebe in basic plumage.
>
> Mark Korducki, New Berlin
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 10:27 PM
> Subject: [wisb] Is this a Horned Grebe or an Eared Grebe?
> (photo)
>
>
> > I saw a bird yesterday that I initially thought was an
> Eared Grebe. But after looking at Peterson's, Sibley's, and
> BNA Online's range maps I convinced myself that it was
> probably a Horned Grebe (greater likelihood for Lake
> Michigan).
> >
> > Now I'm not so sure. I'm starting to lean back toward
> Eared. Here's a photo:
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/6801732312/in/photostream
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Bernie Sloan
> > Milwaukee
> >
> >
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