IMMATURE EARED GREBE, REESOR POND, MARKHAM, ONTARIO, 9/4/2023 - NEW LIFE SPECIES

   We can ID this grebe as an immature Eared Grebe as follows:

• Black crown and hindneck and gray foreneck
• Pale orange-red eye
• Short, slightly upturned, light gray bill
• White cheek with gray and buff smudges
• Black flank with gray and white smudges

   The Eared Grebe is a new species to our Photographic Life List.  Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,080.

  

 

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