> Currently at Two Rivers in Little Rock. About 30 minutes ago I saw an > unusual waterbird on the Arkansas River, but I didn't have my scope. I > marked it as a Western/Clark's grebe on eBird but I'm not super confident > in that. ID help would be appreciated. Here's the note I wrote on eBird: > "best guess because I didn't have a scope. confirmation would be > appreciated if the bird sticks around, but it's a bit of a hike from any of > the parking areas. seen from 34.8151923, -92.3902254. perched on a dead > piece of wood, then swam around for a little bit, at approximately > 34.8196877, -92.3911665. > black body with black extending up the back of the neck and top of head. > white lower half of head and front of neck. the line between black and > white was fairly well-defined as far as I could tell. thick, fairly long, > pointy yellow bill. diving not observed. white color seemed too light and > extended too high for a juvenile double-crested cormorant." > I'm going to go home and get my scope to take another look at it before I > submit the checklist, but it'll probably be about an hour before I get back > to that spot with my scope, so hopefully it stays nearby. >
