I led the downtown route for the Seattle CBC this past Saturday, and we had
about 140 Western Grebes in total, with a couple of good-sized groups (one
of about 40 birds, and the other about 80) that were well out in the bay
when scoping south from Myrtle Edwards Park.

--
Ezra Parker
Vashon, WA


On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Gary Smith <gsmith at smithandstark.com>
wrote:

> Ed, I?m not sure if this is the same flock but Western Grebes do winter
> out in the Bay off the Alki Beach area. In the 90?s the flock averaged
> less than a hundred birds. In the 00?s it averaged nearly 200, and in the
> winters of 11-12 and 12-13 it got much bigger, nearly to 600. Last winter
> it was down around 250 and this winter so far I?ve only seen up to about
> 150.
>
>
>
> Gary T. Smith
>
> Alii Point, West Seattle
>
>
>
> *From:* tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:
> tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Ed Swan
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 31, 2015 9:07 AM
> *To:* 'TWEETERS tweeters'
> *Subject:* [Tweeters] Elliot Bay Western Grebe flock?
>
>
>
> There?s a flock of about a hundred Western Grebe-looking birds out in
> Elliot Bay most days that are just far enough across towards downtown from
> my perch up on the West Seattle bluff that my scope can?t quite get them
> focused to be certain just what they are. Has anyone noticed and
> identified this flock? It?s just to the NE of the ferry run sort of out
> from where the PI used to be.
>
> Ed
>
>
>
> Ed Swan
>
> Nature writer and guide
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