I am sure they were just moving around and with all the rain, they just landed
in the wrong places. As a bird rehabber, I have had this happen many, many
times with all the birds that cannot take take off from land. It is too bad the
wrong information has been given out, but at least a few people will take note
of the possibility of finding such a bird.
Sent from my iPad
Christie Huffman
Great Falls, VA
On Jan 16, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Larry Meade <uberlarry@xxxxxxx> wrote:
As I mentioned yesterday, I spoke on the phone to the reporter and told him
that they were Horned Grebes. He said something about the article already
having been filed by the time I reached him. I got the impression that he
was taking the police version of the facts more seriously than what I was
telling him. According to eBird, there have been less than 20 sightings of
Eared Grebes around Northern Virginia in the last twenty years. It seems
highly unlikely that five of them would be "migrating" through here
especially in the dead of winter. The photos, of course, are of Horned
Grebes. I tried!
Larry Meade
Vienna, VA
-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Newberry <nickenew1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: va-bird <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 10:42 am
Subject: [Va-bird] Washington post (horned) grebe
There is a picture attached to the online article which is clearly a winter
plumaged Horned Grebe.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/downed-birds-reported-in-fairfax-county-after-frigid-weather-in-dc-area/2014/01/15/c77bf5dc-7e0e-11e3-9556-4a4bf7bcbd84_story.html
Good birding!
Nick Newberry
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