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Western Grebe

Aechmophorus occidentalis

Description:

Black and white bird with yellow beak.

Habitat:

Spotted in Lake Hodges during hike.

2 Comments

CoralAvery
CoralAvery 12 years ago

It is a Western Grebe, the black goes over its eye where as the Clark's Grebe has black that goes just below the eye.

ScottRasmussen
ScottRasmussen 12 years ago

Could also be Clark's Grebe: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Clark...

CoralAvery
Spotted by
CoralAvery

Escondido, California, USA

Spotted on Aug 7, 2011
Submitted on Aug 8, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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