Answer number 3
The esteemed Dr. Dennis P. once told me in class that you rarely seen
Western Grebes eating because they catch and ingest their food underwater.
You hardly ever see them fly as well.

Tracee Geernaert
tracee at iphc.washington.edu


From: TWEETERS-owner
To: tweeters
Subject: Just Cogitating { 3 questions}
Date: Sunday, March 10, 1996 11:31PM

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SNIP
>> .... But the thought entered my mind that I
never see the Western Grebes eating. I have around 300 hundred of
these WG that hang out infront of my home all winter. They are
normally in a fairly tight group. I see them with their bill tucked
under their wing or preening and maneuvering back and forth in their
flock but never diving or feeding. I've been watching them from my
front yard which is about 110 feet above sea level and these birds just
kind
of float back and forth with the tide or move a little North or South
depending on the wind. What's the deal??? Possibility #1: A few slip
out of the group and go feeding and I don't notice them coming and
going???? Possibility #2 They have been living off body fat all
winter????? Possibility#3 They feed at night when small bait fish come
closer to the surface?? Possibilty #4 { Your correct answer. } Can
anyone shed some light as to what time of the day the WG like to feed?
All the other sea birds, ducks, gulls, what ever, seem to be feeding or
searching for food most of the time.