Here are a few photos of the Eared Grebe that Dave Weth found today at Evergreen Lake. My friends Justin Watford and Andrew Easling, who were visiting today, went with me to see it. When I photographed it, it was swimming back and forth across the county line between McLean and Woodford Counties. Eared Grebes are fairly rare to Illinois. I had seen one in Woodford County several years ago in 2010, but this was the first one I had ever seen in McLean County and the first I had ever seen in breeding plumage anywhere.
Grebes' feet are obviously not designed for walking.
Other birds at Evergreen Lake today included Horned Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Common Loon, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Merganser, Bufflehead, Lesser Scaup, Double-crested Cormorant, and American Coot. There were also a couple of American White Pelicans and a raft of Redheads and Ruddy Ducks at Lake Bloomington.
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