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The siding signal at the north end of Clarks Grove protects the mainline while an empty northbound coke train patiently waits for two trains heading south.
Clarks Grove, Minnesota
UP Albert Lea Subdivision
Finally able to get a decent shot of this amazing grebe. I love how their red eye really pops against the white.
You can tell a Clark's Grebe from a Western Grebe because on a Clarks the black crown on their head stays above their eye while on a Western the black crown on their head goes below the eye.
I have a recent post of a western grebe in my stream if you would like to compare the two. I took me forever to figure it out until they were side by side.
Morning light lit up the eye and beak of this Clark's Grebe as I sat and watched from the dock on Laguna Lake.
St. George Hotel across the street. MTA 2 line Clark Street Station entrance just beyond awning near patch of light at the corner.
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Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbine) searching for food on the forest floor in the pine woods on the east slope of the Rocky Mountains in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
A flock of about 20 of these birds were observed on the forest floor and in the trees searching for food.
24 November, 2016.
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When I had returned home from my little drive there was a notification that this bird had been spotted within the city and it would only take 15 to 20 minutes to get there. I figured it would still be there as a sighting of it had also been made the previous day in the same area.
With help from other birders I finally got to see it. Certainly a rarity to see one in the city.
Thanks for your visits and comments! They are all greatly appreciated!
A Clark's Nutcracker perched at the top of a tree - Manning Park, BC - September 2016.
Canon EOS 7D Mark II | Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM @ 17mm | 1/8000 | ISO 640 | f/5
I have seen very few Clark's Grebes and this is my first photo of one, though I have taken lots of its commoner cousin, the Western Grebe: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/53663667531/in/album-721... The two species are so similar, and often breed on the same lakes, that Clark's was long thought to be just a pale variety of Western Grebe. It was restored to a full species as recently as 1988. I found and photographed this Clark's Grebe among dozens of Western Grebes in San Diego harbour. This echoes my previous experience that Clark's is much rarer than Western. Its diagnostic features are white surrounding the eye and an orange tint to the bill (Western has black surrounding the eye and a yellow-green bill). Its scientific name is Aechmophorus clarkii, which translates as Clark's spear-bearer. John Henry Clark was a naturalist and surveyor who conducted the Texas Mexican Boundary Survey 1851-55 under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institute. He was one of many collectors who sent specimens to Professor Baird at the Smithsonian, including the first Clark's Grebe that Clark himself collected in Chihuahua, Mexico. Surprisingly little is known about Clark, even his birth and death dates are estimates. He was born some time around 1830 and died around 1885.
Resembles Western Grebe, but bill is yellow-orange; black-cap does not extend to eye; back and flanks are paler. Clark's white wing stripe is more extensive than the Western's. Clark's occupies same general habitat and area as Western Grebe but much less common in northern and eastern ranges.
Nikon D850, 200-400 mm f/4g lens, x1.4, f/9, 1/640s, ISO 450.
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Clark's nutcrackers were probably the most charismatic bird I encountered whilst in Canada and this was especially the case at Moraine Lake. Continually flying between the trees and hoping around on the ground they proved a little tricky to photograph but I came away with plenty of photos
Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbine) taking a break after searching for food on the forest floor in the pine woods on the east slope of the Rocky Mountains in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
A flock of about 20 of these birds were observed on the forest floor and in the trees searching for food.
24 November, 2016.
Slide # GWB_20161124_8050.CR2
Use of this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission is not permitted.
© Gerard W. Beyersbergen - All Rights Reserved Worldwide In Perpetuity - No Unauthorized Use.