I received a report that a Western grebe might be hanging out off The Point development in Iredell County a couple of weekends ago. After contacting the reporter about the location of the bird I was ...

Shallow, marshy areas on Lake Osakis have long been a popular nesting area for western grebes — a bird that winters on the Pacific coast before spreading east to establish a mate, which includes a ...

Two of Minnesota's lesser-known water birds are grebes, including the red-necked grebe and the western grebe. Grebes eat fish, mostly minnows. They're smaller than a loon and have the profile of a ...

This conversation happens just about every time we see a black and white bird on water: Wife: Well, it is definitely a grebe. Terry Thomas is a wildlife biologist and naturalist. You can read more of ...

A pair of Western grebes floats across Clear Lake, nodding and bobbing their stylish black-and-white necks in an elaborate time-honored ritual. Suddenly they rise in unison out of the water, rushing ...

Minnesota is home to all manner of migratory birds who make stops here to proliferate over spring and summer before returning to wintering grounds far to the south. Of all the species that trek north ...

Western grebes are odd birds, indeed. “A grebe trying to become an elegant swan” is how Radd Icenoggle (“Birds in Place,” Farcountry Press, Helena, 2003) describes the appearance of this undeniably ...

It’s a tough gig being a western grebe during this water bird’s courtship season. To get noticed these birds must literally walk on water. This elaborate courtship ritual, known as rushing, is now ...

When the skies above Lake Almanor hint of snow, Western and Clark’s grebes begin rebuilding their flight muscles. After a summer in these Plumas County waters, the elegant birds with stylish black-and ...

The western grebe is our largest grebe. During migration, they can be found on lakes throughout the Siouxland area. However, the glacial lakes of northeastern South Dakota is a good place to view them ...

AUBURNDALE — A Western grebe, a rare winter straggler from the Pacific coast, is attracting a lot of attention on Auburndale's Lake Ariana. “This is the first Polk County record and one of only about ...