[Tweeters] Partially leucistic Horned Grebe

[Dan Reiff]

Neat bird and photos,
John.
Thank you for sharing them.
Dan Reiff
MI

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> On May 23, 2021, at 8:49 PM, John Riegsecker <jriegsecker at pobox.com> wrote:

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> All,

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> Thursday, May 20, I photographed a partially leucistic Horned Grebe at Bear River MBR in Utah.  After returning home I did some internet research and thought I would share what I found.  Photos of the grebe are here:

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> https://skygardener.zenfolio.com/p835320935

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> I tried to present several angles, and in some photos there is a hint of the horns.

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> Birds of the World says that Leucistic Eared Grebe are not uncommon and have been found breeding.  That does not seem to be the case for Horned Grebe as not many show up in a Google image search.  For comparison to the one I photographed:

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> https://hamiltonnature.org/birding/birds/photos/three/

> https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsxbirder/27345913978/in/pool-47087339@N00

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> and these two which look more like Eared Grebe to me:

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> https://www.phillybirdnerd.net/2016/10/last-day-in-vegas.html

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> Finally, everything you want to know about aberrant Grebe plumage:

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> https://ps.mnhn.lu/ferrantia/publications/Ferrantia72.pdf

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> John Riegsecker Gig Harbor

> jriegsecker at pobox.com

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> John Riegsecker

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