I went to Golden Gardens at lunch yesterday and scanned for 5-10 minutes. Results: seven horned, three western, three red-necked and zero eared.
Greg Toffic

>>> Eugene Hunn <hunnhome at accessone.com> 01/06 8:38 PM >>>
Sounds to me like Horned and Red-necked Grebes.

Gene Hunn.



At 09:09 AM 1/6/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Thanks for all the input! There were about 3-4 of each grebe (EARED
>and HORNED) and dang they each looked just like the picture--which
>is the way I like it! (I know there are lots of variations on a
>theme within species and will start enjoying those once I'm more
>comfortable with the main melodies.)
>
>The Horned seemed a bit smaller, and the bill was certainly
>smaller, than the Eared. The white on the neck extended up both
>sides, farther and clearer than the Eared. The Horned were right
>by the dock so I could see them clearly from all sides. The
>Eared were further out, but not by much; never farther than the
>end of the rocky breakwater they've built out there.
>
>Also the mergansers were RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS not the
>common ones; I remembered that when I was at work. And there
>was just one pair of the COMMON GOLDENEYE; I'm sorry if I
>implied there were bunches. The spot was roundish and didn't
>extend towards the eye, and the white on the sides were like
>slashes and didn't have the spots I've seen on the BARROW'S.
>(Dang, I'm going to have to learn those feather terms pretty
>soons. It's spelled out in my books; I've just been lazy.)
>
>And sorry about the non-ID; I am so used to email at work
>that carries my full name that I forget! But I am...
>
>Rebecca
>Northgate in Seattle
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