Outdoor Ontario

Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Paul O'Toole on November 24, 2017, 03:35:56 PM

Title: RFI Grebe Species
Post by: Paul O'Toole on November 24, 2017, 03:35:56 PM

Looking for an ID on this one taken today in Kingston, Ontario.

Title: Re: RFI Grebe Species
Post by: nkwali on November 24, 2017, 04:33:36 PM

Looks like an adult nonbreeding Horned Grebe to me.

Title: Re: RFI Grebe Species
Post by: Paul O'Toole on November 24, 2017, 05:30:28 PM

Great, thanks for the info.

Title: Re: RFI Grebe Species
Post by: Shortsighted on November 25, 2017, 08:51:47 AM

I concur that it is a non-breeding Horned Grebe
Here's one off the rocks at Bluffer's Park.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-c3rZGrZ/0/fd6173dd/M/i-c3rZGrZ-M.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-c3rZGrZ/A)