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 in a goofy pose
Title: Western Grebe in a goofy pose
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/27/2015
Nesting Western Grebe in spring
Title: Nesting Western Grebe in spring
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/18/2015
Head on Western Grebe with weeds
Title: Head on Western Grebe with weeds
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/17/2015
Western Grebe close up with weeds
Title: Western Grebe close up with weeds
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/17/2015
Western Grebe with water weeds
Title: Western Grebe with water weeds
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/17/2015
Western Grebe – Setting I
Title: Western Grebe – Setting I
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/14/2014
Western Grebe – Setting II
Title: Western Grebe – Setting II
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/14/2014
Western Grebe – Setting III
Title: Western Grebe – Setting III
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/14/2014
Western Grebe eating a crayfish
Title: Western Grebe eating a crayfish
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/16/2014
Western Grebe drinking and a squiggly reflection
Title: Western Grebe drinking and a squiggly reflection
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/7/2014
Western Grebe head on with a wiggly reflection
Title: Western Grebe head on with a wiggly reflection
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/7/2014
First fall for a juvenile Western Grebe
Title: First fall for a juvenile Western Grebe
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/23/2013
Western Grebe at Bear River MBR
Title: Western Grebe at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/9/2013
Adult Western Grebe head on
Title: Adult Western Grebe head on
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/9/2013
Western Grebes rushing away
Title: Western Grebes rushing away
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/28/2013
Western Grebes in a courtship display
Title: Western Grebes in a courtship display
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/28/2013
Western Grebe with a nearly half grown chick
Title: Western Grebe with a nearly half grown chick
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2012
Adult Western Grebe with three chicks on its back
Title: Adult Western Grebe with three chicks on its back
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2012
Western Grebe about to submerge
Title: Western Grebe about to submerge
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/3/2012
Rushing Western Grebes at Bear River MBR
Title: Rushing Western Grebes at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/3/2012