Western Grebe – Aechmophorus occidentalis
Posted on August 14th, 2008 by David Dilworth
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Moss Landing, California
March 31, 2008
Notice the eye is in the black area of the head. This is an indicator that this bird is a Western Grebe rather than a Clark’s Grebe. In the second photo a Western and Clark’s Grebe are swimming together.
Nikon D80, Tamron 200-500 zoom at 360mm, f6.0, 1/800 sec, ISO 400, Manfrotto tripod
Those red eyes are shocking. I hope I get to see this someday!