Dear Co-birders:
On Thursday, April 9th, I saw a Horned Grebe in almost full breeding
plumage, along the Arkansas at Runyon Lake here in Pueblo. It seemed so tiny
among the coots it was keeping "company" with! Rather striking, that-and
strange-since the only one I'd seen in breeding plumage before had been in
Alaska! Usually when they're out at the reservoir in the winter I have to
peer through my scope, trying to ID them half way to - - - - and gone. But
this gorgeous little "fellow" was diving right in front of me! His neck and
upper chest-in the front-was the only place that still had some white on it.
The rest of him was-WOW! (Brilliant yellow "horns" surrounded by black, with
two slender white stripes on the back of his neck going up to his head-plus
his baleful red eye. His back was kind of off-grayish, with a reddish tinge
along the sides, close to the water.) I'm sure I'll never see THAT again!
Mymm Ackley
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