I'm wondering if last night saw a big movement of Western Grebes into
the area. I've been seeing them around in small numbers since the end
of August, but today at Carkeek Park [Seattle], I counted more than
1400 Western Grebes! The likely actual total was much higher, since
they were far out and waves were hiding many of the sleeping grebes.
I don't know the size of the winter flocks south of there, but my
impression is that this grouping was much bigger than any I've seen
off Discovery Park or Golden Gardens in the winter.

Matt Bartels
Seattle, WA

>
>I saw eight WESTERN GREBES just off the breakwater in Shilshole Bay this
>morning about 10AM, viewed from the Golden Gardens Park parking lot.
>First I've seen this season. Four DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANTS sightings,
>only one bird seen at a time. Lots of Gulls, a large flock, maybe a 100
>yards long just off the beach, GLAUCOUS WINGED and hybrids, some
>CALIFORNIA GULLS and a few MEW GULLS. A small flock (12?) of brown
>ducks with white specula flew by too far out to ID and a RED NECKED
>GREBE over the weekend.
>====================
>Cliff Drake
>Seattle WA (Ballard)
>cliff at cliffdrake.net
>
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [Tweeters] western grebes at greenlake
>> From: "Brendan Higgins" <frogdude at gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, October 10, 2006 4:29 pm
>> To: "tweeders post address" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>>
>>
>> hi everybody
>> today at greenlake my Friends and i noticed 3 western grebes
>>swimming around by the community center. also seen were ring billed
>>gulls, double crested cormorants, and gadwalls.
>>??
>> Brendan Higgins
>> Seattle
>> frogdude at gmail.com
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