[Birdtalk] Leucistic eared grebe on causeway

[birderbetsy at comcast.net]

After chasing the golden-crowned sparrow yesterday near Croydon, I decided to visit Antelope Island and renew my annual state parks pass ($$$ - uff-da!).  There was a very white eared grebe on the south side of the concrete bridge just east of the marina.  It's body was mostly white with just a bit of gray mottling.  The head had some gray and black on it, but most of the neck was quite white as well.  A very interesting-looking bird.  It stuck out like a sore thumb.  I did a quick search of the gull flocks for the Sabine's without luck.

Willard Bay State Park yielded my first fall flock of juncos, many yellow-rumped warblers and quite a few white-crowned sparrows as well.  I didn't spend lots of time there, but there sure was a lot of bird chipping going on!  Certainly worth frequent return trips to see what else might pop up.

Betsy Beneke
Perry, Utah
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