JM Johnston 1948 Marbled Murrelet Grebe 6 May Harbor Island Alaska While we have been fishing in the waters around the island I have seen a small grebe that is most always seen in pairs. It has a dark brown back, black bill and legs and the sides & belly are a mottled brown & white. Occasionally, one or two are seen flying by the boat perhaps within 100 yds of the boat, fast, straight or very wide curved course of flight. Most of the times they are seen when the boat runs near them in the water. Usually they will stay on the surface until the boat is within 50 feet of them then the pair will dive, one within two or three seconds of the other. Before they dive they will move away from the boat in a skittering fashion then dive. Most always they dive to get