Aechmophorus clarkii

* Birds Clark's Grebe

Flew in by Night

October 10, 2021October 9, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 62 Views Aechmophorus clarkii

Pelicans have mobbed the North Basin, cormorants followed, and now it was the turn of the grebes. More than 50

* Birds Clark's Grebe Western Grebe

Outliers

September 20, 2021September 7, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 75 Views 0 Comments Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis

These Western Grebes were not the main show. The main show was a flock of Clark’s Grebes out in the

* Birds Clark's Grebe

Weed Ceremony

June 7, 2021May 31, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 120 Views 1 Comment Aechmophorus clarkii

These big grebes are famous for their courtship dances. Recently I was able to film the early stages, “Light Necking”

* Birds Clark's Grebe Western Grebe

Light Necking

May 29, 2021June 1, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 200 Views 1 Comment Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis

With only a handful of scaup remaining from the Spring migration, the most numerous flock on the North Basin in

* Birds Clark's Grebe

Dancers

April 13, 2021April 10, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 169 Views Aechmophorus clarkii

These big grebes sometimes seem like graceful feathered monkeys in the way that they imitate one another. They can take

* Birds Clark's Grebe

Aaah!

February 26, 2021February 10, 2021 Marty Nicolaus 118 Views Aechmophorus clarkii

Paddling all the time can give you that cramped feeling. Nothing feels better than to have a long stretch. This

* Birds Bufflehead Clark's Grebe Greater Scaup Horned Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Ring-billed Gull Storm Weather

Buff in Rough

November 8, 2020November 8, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 204 Views 0 Comments Aechmophorus clarkii, Aythya marila, Bucephala albeola, Podiceps auritus, Podilymbus podiceps

The chill northerly gale roughed up the North Basin and gave its population of migrant Bufflehead, scaup, grebes, gulls, and

* Birds Clark's Grebe General Horned Grebe Western Grebe

Migration is On

October 7, 2020October 6, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 204 Views Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Podiceps auritus

When I started in the park at 2:30 in the afternoon yesterday, the only visible creatures on the North Basin

* Birds Clark's Grebe

Classic Clark’s

July 2, 2020July 1, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 355 Views Aechmophorus clarkii

As if to compete for attention with the “Classic Western” I photographed on June 5, this Clark’s Grebe paddled slowly

* Birds Clark's Grebe

Grebe Dating

May 27, 2020May 21, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 473 Views Aechmophorus clarkii

More than 75 big grebes gathered in the North Basin for several days, most of them the Clark’s variety. A

* Birds Clark's Grebe

Clark’s Courting

April 29, 2020April 21, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 532 Views 4 Comments Aechmophorus clarkii

I had my camera set up and focused on something else landside, when I heard a weird rasping noise on

* Birds Clark's Grebe

Submariner?

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 521 Views Aechmophorus clarkii

The Pied-billed Grebe is said to have the power to submerge itself partially, moving like a submarine with just its

* Birds Clark's Grebe Greater Scaup Western Grebe

Rest Stop

March 24, 2020March 14, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 387 Views Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Aythya marila

It’s the time of year when birds that migrated south late last year are heading back north again to their

* Birds Clark's Grebe

Grebes Sound Off

November 5, 2019October 29, 2019 Marty Nicolaus 474 Views 0 Comments Aechmophorus clarkii

Three Clark’s Grebes were active on the North Basin Cove, and it looked like one of them was a youngster.

* Birds Clark's Grebe

Solo Grebe

October 28, 2019October 22, 2019 Marty Nicolaus 585 Views Aechmophorus clarkii

I haven’t seen one of these since June. Sometimes they show up in mixed company together with Western Grebes. Those

* Birds Clark's Grebe Western Grebe

Mixed Grebes

June 18, 2019June 17, 2019 Mosey2014 484 Views 0 Comments Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis

A raft of about 50 Grebes, including both Western and Clark’s, was settled in for a snooze out of the

* Birds Clark's Grebe

Solo Cruiser

June 12, 2019June 5, 2019 Mosey2014 551 Views Aechmophorus clarkii

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

* Birds Clark's Grebe Western Grebe

Grebe ID 101

August 3, 2018August 4, 2018 Mosey2014 1138 Views Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis

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

* Birds Clark's Grebe

A Grebe’s Neck

July 23, 2018July 31, 2018 Mosey2014 1181 Views Aechmophorus clarkii

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

* Birds Clark's Grebe

Clark’s Grebe Preening

March 20, 2018July 31, 2018 Mosey2014 1119 Views 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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North Basin: The Video

February 12, 2018May 20, 2020 Mosey2014 2485 Views 2 Comments 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

Birds Clark's Grebe Eared Grebe

Two Grebes

March 5, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1801 Views 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

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

Some Feathered Regulars

January 31, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1398 Views 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

Birds Clark's Grebe Ruddy Duck

Two new-to-me birds

March 5, 2016January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1472 Views 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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