This morning about 11:30 there were 3 small grebes on the Potomac just
outside the confluence with the Tidal Pool. Two of these were clearly HORNED
GREBES. The third was the same size as the others but with darker cheeks, it
appeared that breeding plumes were starting to show. The white along the
flanks of this bird reached higher up the back than on the other two. It
also had the "floating pillow" shape that I associate with EARED GREBE in
the West while the other 2 rode lower in the water. The white on the necks
of all the birds were about the same.
I went back around 4:00 this afternoon to look again but they were not
around.
good birding,
Tom Ewert
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