Clark's Grebe Gallery

Close but Different
One nice thing about my visit to Bosque del Apache was getting to watch both Western and Clark's grebes up close. The species are very similar in appearance but up close the most distinctive difference is more apparent. On the western grebe (first picture), the black on the head dips below the eye, on the Clark's grebe (second picture) it does not.
A Western grebe rests in the water at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
A Clark's grebe preens in the water at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
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April 15, 2010