Red-necked Grebe still at Cherry Creek at 4:15 - 4:30 today. Link to photos
below. I cannot determine what the appendage is. He is continually trying to
dislodge it.
http://WillBurt.zenfolio.com/p613407472/h1f6f4ef7#h10e36e6
Will Burt
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On Oct 7, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Glenn Walbek wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Kathy Mimm-Dunning and I found a second Red-necked Grebe at Cherry Creek,
> associating with the hundreds of Western Grebes out in the middle of the
> lake. This bird looks like an adult, basic plumage bird.
>
> We also studied the Red-necked Grebe that remains at the duck pond, just
> across the road from the model airplane field. This is the bird I found 2
> days ago and called a 'juvenile'. With due respect to Carl and Bob, I still
> believe it MAY be a juvenile and here's why. The bird seems to show the
> remnants of the facial pattern of a juvenile bird, with a dark auricular area
> that contains a whitish center, and white curling up around that dark patch.
> Yes the neck is red and head is dark, but is that inconsistent with a juvi
> bird? Admittedly, the amount of white in the throat seems to favor an adult.
> In any case, you can get closer to this bird than any RNGR I have ever seen.
> Photo ops should be excellent this afternoon.
>
> If you go to see this bird, you will notice a patch of feathered flesh
> hanging from the right side of it's mouth. When I first saw this anomaly, I
> thought it was a foreign object, i.e. a fishing lure. I have many photos of
> this feature that seem to show the facial skin has been torn by something and
> is dangling. A bare spot under it's chin indicates where the skin has been
> peeled off. It is unsightly and definitely an annoyance to the bird, as he
> repeatedly tries to remove it. However, the bird can fly, swim, dive, open
> it's mouth and feed. I have witnessed all of this. Hopefully his injury
> will heal.
>
> You can see some photos at the link below. Comments are welcomed!
>
> Glenn Walbek
> Castle Rock, CO
> http://www.pbase.com/gwalbek/2010_birds
>
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