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 ...

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.

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 ...

This conversation happens just about every time we see a black and white bird on water: Wife: Well, it is definitely a grebe. Terry Thomas is a wildlife biologist and naturalist. You can read more of ...

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 ...