Eared Grebe

[d.sha...@mchsi.com]

Eared Grebe used to be called Black-necked Grebe. For breeding plumaged birds, this is a much more descriptive name than Eared Grebe!

Darrell Shambaugh
Somonauk, DeKalb County

[Vinod Babu]

Black-necked Grebe is still called that in the Old World, I believe, just as the Horned Grebe is called the Slavonian Grebe there. Holarctic species often have the honour of being named a second time, when settlers 'rediscovered' them in North America.

Vinod Babu

Chicago, Il

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