I don't think you can rule out Clark's by the date. There are quite a few
winter records in W. Washington. I think they overwinter wherever W. Grebes
could.

Gene Hunn, Seattle, hunnhome at accessone.com


At 07:06 PM 10/20/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Sorry for the lateness of this report, but last Saturday (the 18th) there
>was a "funny-looking" grebe in the pond just north of I-90 at the east
>Ellensburg exit (in the triangle bounded by the interstate, Canyon Rd, and
>Umptanum Rd). It was a Western/Clark's and really looked most like some of
>the "intergrades" shown in the Feb. 1995 "Birding". It had definite white
>lores, and the white on the face seemed to extend to just above the eye
>(though the white did not extend far above). Also, flank color was
>indistinguishable from the nearby Westerns.
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>Has anyone else seen "funny" grebes in Washington? Is this just normal
>variation in Westerns? From the date, I assume Clark's is impossible...
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>== Michael Hobbs
>== Kirkland WA
>== MJCT_Hobbs at msn.com
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