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Red-necked and Eared Grebes, HBSP 3/15
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Red-necked and Eared Grebes, HBSP 3/15
- From: Michael L Bernard <bernarml@musc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:08:13 -0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Carolinabirders,
Myself and a visiting birder from Wisconsin braved the weather and spent a
day birding from McClellanville to HBSP. We got a good list of birds from
Francis Marion NF, Santee Coastal Reserve and HBSP. Most of the
interesting birds were at the jetty at HBSP including RT Loon, Bon Gull,
SaltMarsh ST SP, N Gannet, Purple Sandpiper. We also had four species of
Grebes.
Red-necked Grebe: 3! One off the end of the jetty. Swam next to a Horned
Grebe for excellent comparison. As we returned from the end of the jetty
we saw two more! that swam within 10 yards of the jetty (on the south
side). They were with two more smaller grebes that we passed off as Horned
Grebes. The Red-necked had much larger bills than the Horned, and the bill
was yellow at the base. The neck on one bird was molting into red. There
was contrast between the neck and lower cheek as well as contrast between
the lower cheek and the top of the head. The eyes were dark unlike the red
eyes of the Horned Grebe.
Eared Grebe: 1 One of the birds we thought to be a Horned was an Eared. We
saw the irregular shape of the head and the white "ear". We had a Horned
next to it as a comparison.