3/16/02 Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: Clark's Grebe
COMMON NAME: Clark's Grebe
SPECIES: Aechmophorus clarkii
FAMILY: Podicipedidae (Grebes)
FAMILY: Podicipedidae (Grebes)
LIFE LIST DATE: 3/16/2002
LOCATION: Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA
From Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of North America:
HABITAT/BEHAVIOR: A close relative os Western Grebe, often found with it, but usually less common.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 25"; very much like Western, but white on face extends narrowly above eye; bill brighter orange-yellow. In winter, some birds appear to have intermediate face patterns, may not be safely identified.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 25"; very much like Western, but white on face extends narrowly above eye; bill brighter orange-yellow. In winter, some birds appear to have intermediate face patterns, may not be safely identified.
VOICE: Reedy, grating krrr-rrrr, slurred but usually not sharply two-noted.
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