Subject: eared grebes on Eld Inlet
Date: Feb 14 12:24:24 1999
From: betty estes - brestes at worldnet.att.net


I live on Eld Inlet and see eared grebes here regularly. When I scan the
water with my binoculars, the best sign that a grebe might be an eared,
rather than a horned, is that it "rides higher in the water" (or, as my
husband says, the eared "has a more bulbous butt"). When I check out those
big-rear-ended grebes with the telescope, they usually do turn out to be
eareds.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Saecker <rsaecker at thurston.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, February 13, 1999 9:55 PM
Subject: eared grebes on Eld Inlet


>The NGS fieldguide says that eared "Generally rides higher in the water
>than horned grebe, exposing fluffy white undertail coverts." I've seen
>horneds floating high enough in the water to show lots of undertail
>coverts. Anyone have any comments as to how useful this is to distinguish
>the two? Thanks,
>
>Rob Saecker
>Olympia
>
>