[EBB Sightings] Red-necked Grebe at Lake Merritt

This morning's 4th-Wednesday GGAS walk at Lake Merritt saw lots of 
wonderful birds, but the top was a Red-necked Grebe - practically a 
lifer for me; my first decent look. It was swimming with the flotilla of 
scaup and assorted other birds between  the islands and the El 
Embarcadero fountain - but closer to the islands, and often closer to 
the Bellevue shore than to Lakeshore.

Our first 6-grebe day - Pied-billed, Horned, Eared, Western, and Clark's 
in abundance, plus this one first-timer at the lake.

The Green Heron was there, too, and the Common Goldeneyes were courting, 
and over in the park, a tree with three species of woodpeckers....

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