. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . 15 BIRD GUIDE PART I Water Birds, Game Birds and Birds of Prey Part 2 contains Land and Song Birds, the two booksgiving every bird east of the Rocky Mountains DIVING BIRDS—Order PygopodesGREBES—Family ColymbidasWESTERN GREBE 1. JEclimophonts occidentalis. 25 to 29 inches. All grebes have lobate-webbed feet, that is each toehas its individual web, being joined to its fellow onlyfor a short distance at the base. This, the largest of our grebes, is frequently knownas the Swan Grebe because of its extremely long, thinne
. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . 15 BIRD GUIDE PART I Water Birds, Game Birds and Birds of Prey Part 2 contains Land and Song Birds, the two booksgiving every bird east of the Rocky Mountains DIVING BIRDS—Order PygopodesGREBES—Family ColymbidasWESTERN GREBE 1. JEclimophonts occidentalis. 25 to 29 inches. All grebes have lobate-webbed feet, that is each toehas its individual web, being joined to its fellow onlyfor a short distance at the base. This, the largest of our grebes, is frequently knownas the Swan Grebe because of its extremely long, thinneck. In summer the back of the neck is black, butin winter it is gray like the back. Notes.—Loud, quavering and cackling. Nest.—A floating mass of decayed rushes, sometimesattached to upright stalks. The 2 to 5 eggs are pale,bluish white, usually stained ( x ). Theybreed in colonies. Range.—Western Xorth America, from the Dakotas ^^^*^and Manitoba to the Pacific, and north to southern ^hmhAlaska. Winters in the Pacific coast states 17
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