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Fw: Western Grebe - Howard County, Triadelphia Greenbridge

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Joe Hanfman

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Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:31:59 +0000

The Western Grebe has not been seen since 6:55 am this morning in flight by Stan Arnold and a few others. 
Joe Hanfman Columbia, MD 
 
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From: Joe Hanfman <> 
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:14:19  
To: MDOsprey<> 
Subject: Western Grebe - Howard County, Triadelphia Greenbridge 
 
Todays waterfowl search in Howard County turned up a WESTERN GREBE, seen 
from Triadelphia--Greenbridge. Note that this entrance is off New Hampshire 
Ave in Montgomery County. The Western Grebe was seen with a Red-necked 
Grebe. There are also Horned and Pied-billed Grebes present. The best view 
was from the pipeline. It may also be possible to view it from 
Triadelphia--Pigtail Green Bridge (two words in the Howard) Rd on the 
Howard County side, but I did not try from here. The Western Grebe was only 
seen in Howard County waters but got close to Montgomery County waters so 
there is hope for you Montgomery listers. It has a large slightly upturned 
yellow bill and not orange like a Clark's Grebe. The black on the side of 
the face comes below the eye, a white lower cheek, all white on the front 
of the neck, black on the top of the head which narrows to neat black down 
the back of the neck, and mostly dark at the water line. I was lucky to 
find Russ Ruffing when I reloacted it and Russ was able to get good looks 
at 60X. I believe the bird is still there, as I saw it swim into a small 
cove. There are boaters on the reservoir but they seemed to have little 
effect on it. Several of us are going to try to relocate it tomorrow 
morning. I expect that there could be a crowd so I suggest that some of you 
wear wateproof boots, so you could stand in the water and probably have a 
better vantage point. The last Western Grebe in the county was in 1960. 
 
The Snow Bunting was still present at Lake Elkhorn and the American 
Golden-Plover was still present at Fulton Pond. There were two birders 
trespassing on the Turkey Farm at 4:25 p.m. this afternoon. Please do not 
enter the farm grounds. 
 
--  
Joe Hanfman 
Columbia, MD 
 
 
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