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Grebe ID

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Posted by richard remington on April 5, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Grebe ID

Can anyone help me with the id of the grebes in the attached picture? This was taken in a harbor right outside the city of Chicago.

Thanks

Rick
Posted by Philip Hodgkins on April 5, 2011 at 12:09 PM
Looks like horned grebes to me, but I'm no expert.
Posted by Jim DeWitt on April 5, 2011 at 2:27 PM
Probably Horned Grebe, Rick. On an Eared Grebe I'd expect the much less white on the chin and face, a steeper forehead and a yellower cast to the eye. The bill and size are wrong for anything else.

If this is a recent photo, I'd expect them to be in breeding plumage...