Subject: Re: Western Grebes feeding at night
Date: Mar 14 23:25:07 1996
From: MWKG at aol.com - MWKG at aol.com


In a message dated 96-03-14 12:20:32 EST, you write:

> At the Pacific Seabird Group conference last November, James Clowater
>from Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC had a poster presenting preliminary
>results of some Western Grebe surveys in Saanich Inlet. He wrote:
> "...in mid morning grebes collect into large cohesive flockes which
>persist until dusk when the flocks begin to disperse. These flocks are
>primarily "roosting" flocks where most time is spent either resting or
>preening."

On my recent trip to Monterey Bay I passed large groups of grebes. The
Westerns, in the hundreds, seemed to simply be resting or preening. I saw
Eared, Horned and Clark's though in much smaller numbers during mid day and
all were diving regularly in salt water.

Mike Waller
WP Zoo