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Will Grebes Nest This Year At Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge?

By Mia McPherson|February 12th, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: adults, Aechmophorus occidentalis, breeding season, dike maintenance, emergent vegetation, grebe, grebes, lack of water, marsh, nest, nesting, nests, phragmites mitigation, prescribed burns, rushes, water, Western Grebe|

When I was at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge three days ago I realized that in just a few weeks the Clark's and Western Grebes will be returning to the marshes for their breeding season.

Clark’s Grebes Nest at Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|April 10th, 2012|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark's Grebes, Utah|Tags: adult, Aechmophorus clarkii, cherry-red eyes, Clark's Grebe, emergent vegetation, floating nests, grebe, grebes, impoundments, lakes, marsh, marshes, nest, water, wetlands|

It won't be long before the high, scratchy kweea kweea calls of Clark's Grebes are heard in Utah's Bear River National Wildlife Refuge if they haven't already arrived.