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 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 ...

The time needed, distance to travel and rarity of a sighting are all factors in the equation that determines whether a birdwatcher should venture out to try and catch a glimpse of a bird. Sometimes, ...

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 ...

Twice on Saturday and again Sunday morning I watched a Western Grebe off the southwestern shore of Lake Independence. The location is almost directly across the lake from Baker Park. Western Grebes ...

The courtship dance of the Western grebe is one of nature’s most eloquent displays. Today it faces an uncertain future. Every spring Western and Clark’s grebes migrate from the open ocean off the San ...

Bird watching enthusiasts from across the state have been flocking to the Oswego Harbor recently, hoping to catch a glimpse of a Clark's grebe - a western bird that's never been seen in Upstate New ...

Recent bird sightings reported to Mass Audubon: Special sightings last week included single eared grebes in East Gloucester and Marblehead, a Western grebe in Winthrop, Bohemian waxwings in Yarmouth ...