Re: birding-aus Great Crested Grebe

[Laurence and Leanne Knight <>]

Harvey Perkins wrote:
> 
> 
> I've only ever seen Great Crested Grebes on two occasions: three on Lake
> Alexandrina at Meningie (SA) in late October 1995, and a few on Bibra Lake
> in a southern suburb of Perth (WA) in early October 1997.
> 
> Great birds that I'd been wanting to see for a while. At first I thought
> "ah, so this is where they hang out" but your comments about their scarcity
> in SA tends to refute that. My impression now is that they are nowhere
> common.
> 
> Harvey
> 

I regularly saw great crested grebes at Herdsman Lake when I was living
in Perth.  HL was the only place I can remember seeing all three species
of grebes in one day.

Regards, Laurie.
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