At 09:28 PM 12/1/98 EST, MurrayH at aol.com wrote:
> Kaufman in "Advanced Birding" says that the most consistent character at
>all seasons is the bill color: in Western (dull greenish yellow); in Clark's
>(bright orange-yellow). He also adds that we consider the light in which we
>view them. You might want to find a paperback copy of his book which
appeared
>in 1990. I've had trouble, when viewing a large grebe at a distance, trying
>to see not only the bill color but if the white on the face goes above the
>eye! Good luck--

Once you become tuned into the differences, they are startling. Clark's is
much lighter overall, and in my experience, if you see a very pale W/C
grebe in the distance, when you scope it, it becomes an obvious Clark's.



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