I sent the sad story about the dying grebes to a friend in California
who'd by coincidence sent me a photo of a clark's grebe (he's going
crazy wi his spotting scope and digital camera; parses his px out one
by one, when he gets an especially good one). Anyway, here's his
response:


>Status: U
>From: LBlumin at aol.com
>Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:40:36 EST
>Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Western Grebes at Ocean Shores
>To: kurlew at earthlink.net
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>Thanks for forwarding.
>Yes, sad story, but the strongest will survive and pass on better
>genes. We have experienced similar events the past month in the Bay
>Area, with many Red Phalaropes being found on small ponds and
>puddles where never seen before, and most were exhausted and
>starving. A bird rescue organization has had good success to date
>taking them in, fattening them up and releasing them (some had lost
>1/3 of their body weight!).
>Len

kathy hornbein
bellevue wa
kurlew at earthlink.net