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 ...

I remember years ago, leading a group of high school students on a canoeing expedition down the Zumbro River below Silver Lake. As I looked ahead, I could see a small bird floating in the water ...

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 ...

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 ...

Western grebes are the characters of the marsh in the Klamath Basin. Unlike ducks and geese, they don't spook easily. They seem to not mind having human eyes on them, though they are prone to diving ...

GRAND FORKS – Six kinds of grebes nest in North Dakota, and I’ve made it a mission to find them all. Actually, I have found them all, but never in a single year. That’s the challenge. I am hoping to ...