Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at East Shore Park

[Donna Scott]

Thanks, Brad!

I arrived at E. Shore Park an hour after your posting and was able to see the 
Western Grebe in the distance towards that bluish-gray piling with a light that 
is north from the red lighthouse.  
The W. Grebe was still close enough to see with just binocs. It stood up in the 
water and flapped its wings, then a few minutes later, flew a bit towards 
Stewart Park.

All the photos people have posted helped me to identify the bird.

I drove over to the park to get a different view, but did not see it again even 
though I went from one end to the other. Maybe it went into the Inlet?

thanks again, it is a life bird for me!

Donna Scott
Lansing

  - Original Message - 
  From: Brad Walker 
  To: Cayugabirds 
  Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 9:02 AM
  Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at East Shore Park


  Hi all, 

  Tim Lenz, Scott Haber and I just spotted the Western Grebe swimming around 
off East Shore park. 

  Brad

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at East Shore Park

[Meena Haribal]

This repeated sighting of a single grebe vs. two grebes together makes me think 
there are/were three birds on the lake.
But I must also say this, past Saturday I was sitting at Myers and watching 
bird movements, some seemed very random, but I watched lots of Common 
Mergansers head to south-end of the lake and they were flying quite high and 
sometimes not visible without binoculars, but they seemed to be heading further 
south than stopping at Myers. I saw several groups with total of more than 150 
birds. My thought was the that the north end was getting frozen, so birds moved 
 to south end of the lake. It would take them an hour plus if they flew 30 to 
40 miles an hour. So the grebes probably can also do this.
Yesterday afternoon I was home for an errand and I too heard a Bluebird singing 
in the yard from top of a Norway maple!
Today at the bus stop near East Hill Plaza, I heard robin's chuck chucking, but 
could not see any robins and then I realized a pair of starlings were engaged 
in romantic moments and one of the starling was making that sound. That was 
very cool!

Meena
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Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 9:02 AM
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Western Grebe at East Shore Park


Hi all,

Tim Lenz, Scott Haber and I just spotted the Western Grebe swimming around off 
East Shore park.

Brad
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