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 ...

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 ...

Kylie Clatterbuck, wildlife center manager for International Bird Rescue, releases a Western grebe back into the water. Credit: International Bird Rescue photo More than a dozen Western grebes were ...

There is much to admire about the pied-billed grebe, including the way it submerges, easily and often. Lake Onota in Pittsfield is one of five large bodies of water in the upper Housatonic Valley of ...

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 ...

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 ...

An oil slick off the coast of Santa Barbara and Ventura has brought 96 oiled Western grebes to the International Bird Rescue center in San Pedro for treatment. Bird Rescue officials outlined the ...