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 with a feather on its bill
Title: Western Grebe with a feather on its bill
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/27/2015
Family of Western Grebes at Bear River
Title: Family of Western Grebes at Bear River
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2015
Back-brooding Western Grebe
Title: Back-brooding Western Grebe
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2015
Western Grebe back-brooding two chicks
Title: Western Grebe back-brooding two chicks
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2015
Western Grebe back-brooding its young
Title: Western Grebe back-brooding its young
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2015
Western Grebe back-brooding large chick
Title: A Western Grebe back-brooding large chick
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2015
Western Grebe chicks after being dumped into the water
Title: Western Grebe chicks after being dumped into the water
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2015
Adult Western Grebe wing flap with chicks still on its back
Title: Adult Western Grebe wing flap with chicks still on its back
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2015
Western Grebe chicks about to get dumped into the water
Title: Western Grebe chicks about to get dumped into the water
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2015
Young Western Grebe riding on an adult
Title: Young Western Grebe riding on an adult
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2015
An adult Western Grebe with two of its young
Title: An adult Western Grebe with two of its young
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2015
Juvenile Western Grebe and golden reflections
Title: Juvenile Western Grebe and golden reflections
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2015
Western Grebe with three chicks
Title: Western Grebe with three chicks
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2015
Western Grebe settling on the water after a wing flapping session
Title: Western Grebe settling on the water after a wing flapping session
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2015
Western Grebe – Wing Flapping nearly completed
Title: Western Grebe – Wing Flapping nearly completed
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2015
Western Grebe flapping its wings on the Bear River
Title: Western Grebe flapping its wings on the Bear River
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2015
Western Grebe raising up for a wing flapping session
Title: Western Grebe raising up for a wing flapping session
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2015
Very low wing flap from a Western Grebe
Title: Very low wing flap from a Western Grebe
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2015
Western Grebe in early morning, smokey light
Title: Western Grebe in early morning, smokey light
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2015
Western Grebe portrait
Title: Western Grebe portrait
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/13/2015