Birders
I had a good look at a Western type Grebe at about 1130 today (Nov.
1/09) off the small park on Haviland Bay about 35km N of Sault Ste.
Marie on Hwy. 17. This bay is the first place you hit Lake Superior
after leaving the Sault. You can scope from the small park as well as
a couple spots further to the west along the road that skirts the
south side of the bay. For some reason this bay always holds a lot of
waterfowl up until freeze up. Most of the bays to the north of this
are suprisingly empty. The Aechomorphorus grebe was not close enough
to determine sp. for absolute certain but the bill seemed fairly dull
yellowish-olive and there appeared to be black below the eye so it it
was consistent with a Western. There were Red-necked Grebes and
Horned Grebes nearby which made for a nice comparison. They had a
Western Grebe across the bay at Whitefish Point, Michigan yesterday,
maybe the same bird?
Kirk Zufelt
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