After Friday’s trip to Belfair I went to Port Orchard to see what was there since I hadn’t been there for nearly a month. Specifically, I wondered if the Horned Grebes would be in breeding colors now since this is about the time of year they change colors.
The first one I saw at the foot of the entrance looked exactly like the ones I had taken pictures of in February.
I didn’t have to look too hard, though, to find others that were definitely beginning to change colors, like this one
that had not yet developed the â€?”horn†that gives the species its name.
In fact, a lot of them looked downright mangy, like this one,
something I can identify with it since I’m in the process of letting my hair grow out again.
This was the closest I saw to one in full breeding colors,
but it’s obvious it is going to be at least another week or two before most of them are in full breeding colors.