Date: 2/21/26 11:38 pm From: David McNeely via Inland-nw-birders <inland-nw-birders...> Subject: [inland-NW-birders] Clark's grebes! Spokane County
This afternoon, 4 p.m., there were 2 of what I really think were Clark's grebes on Bear Lake at Bear Lake County Park in northern Spokane County. I had a good look at the birds through good quality 8X binoculars, and they fit all the features that differentiate them from western grebes, including orangish bright yellow, slightly upturned, bills (no greenish tint) and the white face extending well above the eye. I have reported this to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife via their online rare animal reporting form, given the well out of winter range location for this bird and that the department requests that this bird should be reported if seen.
The Spokane County checklist reports Clark's grebes as being "rare" in Spokane County, and I believe that all reports have been outside the winter season.
