Aechmophorus clarkii

Migration is On

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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