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 ...

More than a dozen Western grebes were recently returned to the ocean following weeks of  recovery after being found coated in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We made the grebe run on the first day of June – Thursday last week. We are Erik Fritzell, biologist and birder, and myself, bird columnist. Lamentably, our run took us farther and found fewer species ...