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 ...

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 ...

The grebes are avian celebrities. You may not know them, but like human celebrities, you may have seen them on television. They are stars in many nature films. Because they dance. This is part of an ...

OSAKIS, Minn. — When it comes to birds, Minnesota has the singing part well covered. Mourning doves, cardinals and blue jays are among the songbirds providing the state’s outdoor soundtrack. But this ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...