Aechmophorus clarkii

* Birds Clark's Grebe

Solo Cruiser

June 12, 2019June 5, 2019 Mosey2014 Aechmophorus clarkii

This bird stood out. It was the only bird on the water of the North Basin at this hour. It’s

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* Birds Clark's Grebe Western Grebe

Grebe ID 101

August 3, 2018August 4, 2018 Mosey2014 Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis

The flock of more than 20 grebes that hung around the Open Circle viewpoint a week ago was reduced to

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* Birds Clark's Grebe

A Grebe’s Neck

July 23, 2018July 31, 2018 Mosey2014 Aechmophorus clarkii

This Clark’s Grebe was one of 21 similar grebes on the water, and occasionally under it, in the North Basin

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* Birds Clark's Grebe

Clark’s Grebe Preening

March 20, 2018July 31, 2018 Mosey2014 Aechmophorus clarkii

This Clark’s Grebe on the eastern shore of the park, in the North Basin, was busy preening. That was lucky

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* American Avocet American Coot American Crow American White Pelican American Wigeon Belted Kingfisher Birds Black Oystercatcher Black Phoebe Black Turnstone Black-bellied Plover Black-crowned Night Heron Black-necked Stilt Brown Pelican Bufflehead Burrowing Owl Canada Goose Clark's Grebe Common Goldeneye Common Loon Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe Eurasian Wigeon Forster's Tern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Greater Scaup Greater Yellowlegs Horned Grebe Least Sandpiper Long-billed Curlew Mallard Marbled Godwit Mew Gull Northern Pintail Red-throated Loon Ring-billed Gull Ruddy Duck Snowy Egret Spotted Sandpiper Surf Scoter Turkey Vulture Western Grebe Western Gull Whimbrel White-tailed Kite Willet

North Basin: The Video

February 12, 2018May 1, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Actitis macularius, Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Anas acuta, Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea alba, Ardea herodias, Arenaria melanocephala, Athene cunicularia, Aythya marila, Branta canadensis, Bucephala albeola, Bucephala clangula, Calidris minutilla, Cathartes aura, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Egretta thula, Elanus leucurus, Fulica americana, Gavia immer, Gavia stellata, Haematopus bachmani, Himantopus mexicanus, Larus canus, Larus delawarensis, Larus occidentalis, Limosa fedoa, Mareca americana, Mareca penelope, Megaceryle alcyon, Melanitta perspicillata, Numenius americanus, Numenius phaeopus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Oxyura jamaicensis, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Pluvialis squatarola, Podiceps auritus, Podiceps nigricollis, Recurvirostra americana, Sayornis nigricans, Sterna forsteri, Tringa melanoleuca, Tringa semipalmata

The North Basin is the body of water between Cesar Chavez Park and the Berkeley mainland. When I first started

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Birds Clark's Grebe Eared Grebe

Two Grebes

March 5, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Aechmophorus clarkii, Podiceps nigricollis

I saw these two birds in the North Basin yesterday afternoon but held off posting because I couldn’t identify one

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American Wigeon Birds Clark's Grebe Common Goldeneye Western Gull Willet

Some Feathered Regulars

January 31, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Aechmophorus clarkii, Bucephala clangula, Larus occidentalis, Mareca americana, Tringa semipalmata

This evening’s walk in the park brought not only the excitement of the cormorant and its trophy catch, but also

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Birds Clark's Grebe Ruddy Duck

Two new-to-me birds

March 5, 2016January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Aechmophorus clarkii, Oxyura jamaicensis

Strolling along the North Basin on Wednesday afternoon, I ignored the Coots that had gathered there more than a hundred

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Birds Clark's Grebe Greater Scaup

A gaggle of Grebe

May 2, 2015January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Aechmophorus clarkii, Aythya marila

Earlier I had seen only isolated individual Clark’s Grebe in the waters around the park. This afternoon there was a a

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Birds Clark's Grebe

A Clark’s Grebe

March 26, 2015January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 3 Comments Aechmophorus clarkii

Staying clear of the raft of Scaups but not far away was this Clark’s Grebe. With its red eye, yellow

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