Subject: grebe sightings
Date: Oct 01 10:11:18 1998
From: Bonnie Stout - bestout at sfu.ca


Hi Tweeters!

Anybody else seeing "tons" of grebes? when do they show up at your
favorite coastal site?

>Also saw tons of HORNED GREBES, RED-NECKED GREBES, SURF SCOTERS, KILLDEER,
>and either three or four seals. Had a splendid BALD EAGLE flyby as well.
>
>Cheers,
> Alan Bauer
> Fall City, WA
> alan_bauer at msn.com
>

Your observations can really help me put together pieces of the puzzle that
is the life of grebes!

Thanks for your help (and thanks to those who have already responded to my
request)!

Sincerely,
Bonnie Stout (bestout at sfu.ca)
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

PS If you missed my original list of questions, they are:
-Do you know of any sites which host concentrations of grebes during August
and September (note that many are quite distant from shore and you may only
see a fraction of the birds present, depending on viewing conditions - so I
am interested any any observations of, say, 30 or more birds for Red-necked
and Horned Grebes and 100 or more birds for Western Grebes at a site at a
time)?

-Does anyone see Horned Grebes in August/early September, AND does anyone
see alternate or intermediate-plumaged Horned Grebes anywhere on the coast
in late summer/fall?

-Do you know of any sites which host concentrations of grebes during winter
and/or during spring migration - if so, when do the birds usually arrive?

THANKS, and have fun!

Bonnie Stout
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada
ph:(604)-294-9355
bestout at sfu.ca