I have personally seen this bird fly. It went up about 100 feet then circled back and relanded...didn't seem to have a problem taking off...could be something more magnetic... Steve J. On May 21, 2016 10:25 PM, "Stefan Minnig" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > A Red-Necked Grebe is still present as of 6pm at a small pond off of State > Route 287, just south of Middleburg, Ohio in Logan County. This is > undoubtedly the same bird first reported May 1 and is theorized by others > I've talked with to be injured in some way, due to the fact that it has > been present in the pond so long. Nothing visually stands out to me to back > up the prior statement. When I initially saw the bird on May 1, it was > going through the motions of taking off, but only traveled with good speed > 50-80 feet down the pond before settling back down in the water. Since this > time, I've only seen it floating. Today the grebe was floating at the edge > of the pond nearest to the road with good visuals. Of course that makes > sense, as my camera was at home. > > > Stefan Minnig > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at > www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]