Western Grebe Images, Facts and Information:
Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Western Grebes are large black and white grebes with cherry-red eyes that breed in lakes and ponds in western North America.
- They our largest grebe in North America being only fractionally larger than Clark’s Grebes.
- The Western Grebe, like other grebes, spends almost all its time in water and is very awkward when on land.
- Western Grebes often nest in colonies that can number in the hundreds or even thousands.
- Western Grebes are migratory in much of their range and will winter off of the Pacific Coast.
- Folk names for Western Grebes include Dabchick, Swan-necked Grebe and Swan Grebe.
- A group of grebes is called a “water dance” of grebes.
- They lay between 1 to 7 eggs which take 23 to 24 days to hatch. Both parents incubate.
- Western Grebes can live to be 15 years old.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Western Grebe photos.
Western Grebe and flying water droplets
Title: Western Grebe and flying water droplets
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/19/2023
Bathing Western Grebe and water droplets
Title: Bathing Western Grebe and water droplets
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/19/2023
Bathing Western Grebe at Farmington Bay WMA
Title: Bathing Western Grebe at Farmington Bay WMA
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/19/2023
Western Grebe flinging water while bathing
Title: Western Grebe flinging water while bathing
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/19/2023
Bathing Western Grebe splashing water
Title: Bathing Western Grebe splashing water
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/19/2023
Bathing and splashing Western Grebe
Title: Bathing and splashing Western Grebe
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/19/2023
Bathing Western Grebe – Score!
Title: Bathing Western Grebe – Score!
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/19/2023
Western Grebe with its bill wide open
Title: Western Grebe with its bill wide open
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/19/2023
Western Grebe – Open wide!
Title: Western Grebe – Open wide!
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/19/2023
Demure looking Western Grebe at Bear River MBR
Title: Demure looking Western Grebe at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/17/2023
Springtime Western Grebe portrait
Title: Springtime Western Grebe portrait
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/26/2023
Resting Western Grebe with reflections of fall colors
Title: Resting Western Grebe with reflections of fall colors
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/29/2021
Western Grebe with weeds for the Weed Ceremony
Title: Western Grebe with weeds for the Weed Ceremony
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2021
Clark’s and Western Grebe side by side comparison
Title: Clark’s and Western Grebe side by side comparison
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2021
Clark’s and Western Grebe close up
Title: Clark’s and Western Grebe close up
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2021
Western Grebe incubating its eggs
Title: Western Grebe incubating its eggs
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/18/2020
Nesting Western Grebe settling down on its eggs
Title: Nesting Western Grebe settling down on its eggs
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/18/2020
Nesting Western Grebe turning its eggs
Title: Nesting Western Grebe turning its eggs
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/18/2020
Nesting Western Grebe checking on its eggs
Title: Nesting Western Grebe checking on its eggs
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/18/2020
Nesting Western Grebe
Title: Nesting Western Grebe
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/23/2020