English and Scientific names:

English and Scientific names:	Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Number of individuals:	One adult
Locality: LOUISIANA:	Claiborne
Specific Locality:	Claiborne Lake
Date(s) when observed:	4-12-10
Time(s) of day when observed:	Mid afternoon
Reporting observer and address:	Stephen Pagans West Monroe, La 71291
Other observers accompanying reporter who also identified the bird(s):	John Dillon
Other observers who independently identified the bird(s)
Light conditions (position of bird in relation to shade and to direction and amount of light):	Clear and sunny. Bird was in full sunlight with the sun behind our back.
Optical equipment:	Zeiss 10x binoculars in good shape and Canon 5D Mark II camera with Canon 400 mm lens.
Distance to bird(s):	25 to 30 yards.
Duration of observation:	at least 15 minutes
Habitat:	Lake
Behavior of bird:	resting until I started playing its song on my Birdjam after which it started swimming towards us. We were in a boat.
Description:	Bird was similar to Clark's Grebe except that the entire eye and below was shaded and the bill color was more like a slight greenish yellow in color.
Voice:	It answered the Western Grebe song that I played on my Birdjam. It was just like it.
Similar species:	Clark's Grebe, see above.
Photographs or tape recordings obtained?	I took multiple photographs.
Previous experience with this species:	None
Identification aids:	Bird books and also John Dillon had pretty well identified the bird earlier. Comparison of pictures with bird books.
This description is written from:	my_memory
Are you positive of your identification? If not, explain:	Yes positive
Date and time:	10-20-10_ 8:00 pm

Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis

One adult

Claiborne

Claiborne Lake

4-12-10

Mid afternoon

Stephen Pagans

West Monroe, La 71291

Clear and sunny. Bird was in full sunlight with the sun behind our back.

Zeiss 10x binoculars in good shape and Canon 5D Mark II camera with Canon 400 mm lens.

25 to 30 yards.

at least 15 minutes

Lake

resting until I started playing its song on my Birdjam after which it started swimming towards us. We were in a boat.

Bird was similar to Clark's Grebe except that the entire eye and below was shaded and the bill color was more like a slight greenish yellow in color.

It answered the Western Grebe song that I played on my Birdjam. It was just like it.

I took multiple photographs.

None

my_memory

Yes positive

10-20-10_ 8:00 pm