"W. William Woods" <wwwbike at halcyon.com> schreef:

>We thought subscribers to Tweeters might enjoy reading about our
>September, 1996 bicycling and birding tour of the Netherlands. It
>was great!
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>At another Nature Preserve near Amsterdam called Naadermeer we
>found another blind and observed Pochard, Tufted ducks, Mallards,
>Coots, Gadwalls, Great-crested Grebes, Eurasian Wigeon, Mute
>Swans, an Osprey and a Pied-billed Grebe. The Pied-billed Grebe
>is not very common in Europe.

You could say that again! The pied-billed Grebe would be a first for Holland.
I would like to know a bit more of that bird, if you have some photos or a
description, please contact me, so we can send it to the Dutch rarities
commission.

Pieter van der Luit
Oegstgeest, Holland
071-5153130
Nielsje at worldaccess.nl

P.S.: Tomorrow I will be leaving for a birding trip in your area and I hope we
will find a european rarity for you as well