You have seen them though you may not have noticed them. They swim the waters of pond, lake and reservoir and some larger rivers. They are as much a part of local marshes as are cattails. You have ...

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 ...

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 ...

You’re out enjoying an evening on the lake when you notice a strange bird floating along the surface of the water. It’s not quite a duck, too small for a goose, and more awkward than a graceful heron.

Filming the mating dance of the hooded grebe was vital for Paula and Michael’s documentary. After days of driving between lakes and assessing the conditions, they successfully filmed the dance in full ...

A low fog drifted over the glassy lake surface as we snaked quietly through trees by grabbing branches to move our small boat. The first rays of sunrise were chasing away the pre-dawn grays, adding a ...

Lake Berryessa – the remote reservoir in the hills of eastern Napa County, would seem to be an ideal home for grebes, a long-necked water bird known for its distinctive call and courtship dance in ...

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 ...

A pied-billed grebe swimming at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge. In small ponds, lakes and marshy areas, pied-billed grebes are a relatively common sight. A rather solitary species, pied-billed ...

Western Grebes nest at Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge near Aberdeen, South Dakota. They have an elaborate courtship behavior that was in beginning stages when I visited there late last week.