Hi Margaret,
One truly wonderful, cold, pouring rainy July 4 about 6 years ago, I
had the gift of getting to watch a baby grebe break through its shell and
hatch right there in front of my spotting scope at Green Lake. I'll never
forget the sight. So this time of year can be normal for grebelets to hatch
there.

Trileigh Tucker
Director, Ecological Studies Program
Seattle University

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 21:35:31 -0700
From: "Margaret Parkinson" <margparkie at home.com>
To: <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Greenlake Grebes
Message-ID: <00d001c109c2$eb8a4f60$12c00c41 at sttln1.wa.home.com>

I have been walking the north side of Greenlake in hopes of seeing the Pie
Billed Grebe chicks. Today I again saw the eggs remaining in the nest on
the lilypads, with the parents in attendance. A few weeks ago I met a
friendly and experienced birder there who told me the eggs were expected to
hatch "any day". Are those eggs OK? Is this a normal thing?

Margaret Parkinson
mailto:margparkie at home.com
University District, Seattle