When we first spotted the Western Grebe early this morning I knew it was far away, but didn't realize how far it was until I got home to look at the area on GoogleMaps. The bird was initially seen on a line a bit left of Serag Island, but beyond the island. That was just a bit left of straight out from the end of Simpson Point Road. I estimate that the bird was 2,000 meters away - which is 6,500 ft or nearly 1 1/4 miles! Over the next hour it eventually swam closer and a bit to the east, coming reasonably close to Jordan Point, which is "only" about 5,000 ft away.
I'm not sure if that would be defined as "wicked faah" or even "faathah".
Viewing conditions were almost ideal with overcast skies (no sun glare) and breezes of less than 5 mph (only slight ripples in the water). Under any other conditions I doubt we would have found the bird. In fact, if the bird were in that area on Monday, when I spent 4 hours looking for it in good but not great conditions, it's unlikely we would have seen it.
Mike Resch
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