[EBB Sightings] Grebe Day at Lake Merritt

The winter residents are leaving in droves, but the Eared Grebes and 
Horned Grebes are putting on their party clothes before they go. This 
afternoon there were lots of them - sometimes half a dozen together - 
between the Embarcadero end of the lake and the floats, especially along 
the Lakeshore side. Some were just beginning to turn, but some had the 
whole copper-and-steel-blue suit and the gold fans or bars by their 
ruby-red eyes.

The Ruddy Ducks are also turning, but look almost drab beside these 
floating jewels. And you can see Pied-Billed Grebes with genuinely pied 
bills, too.

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