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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Dinusaur on November 07, 2016, 07:49:36 PM

Title: Eared Grebe at Colonel Sam Smith Park
Post by: Dinusaur on November 07, 2016, 07:49:36 PM

Earlier in the day Garth Riley reported of an Eared Grebe at CSSP. I dropped by just before noon and found the bird drifted east of Cliff Lumsdon Park (east of Rotary Park). The first one is the Eared grebe, the second one is of a Horned Grebe, at very much the same distance as comparison.
#1 & #2: Eared Grebe
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#3 Horned Grebe
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Title: Re: Eared Grebe at Colonel Sam Smith Park
Post by: JW Mills on January 16, 2017, 05:24:12 PM

Nice comparison shots Dinu.
The Eared Grebe is still present as of Jan 15

Title: Re: Eared Grebe at Colonel Sam Smith Park
Post by: Brian Bailey on January 16, 2017, 09:07:56 PM

I watched the Eared Grebe for quite a while on Saturday. A short time and distance later, I spotted a Horned Grebe. I created this composite image as a reminder of just how tricky they are to separate at this time of year: (https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/737/32317719946_79cd1db60d_b.jpg)

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Title: Re: Eared Grebe at Colonel Sam Smith Park
Post by: Dinusaur on January 16, 2017, 10:18:05 PM

Much better comparison shot Brian. When I saw them last back in November they were far out in the lake.