The duck-like grebes are small birds primarily observed swimming on the surface of lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. Although bigger grebes are sometimes confused with loons, the grebe's neck usually ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, and sent the price of eggs soaring in the United States since it was first detected in North America in late 2021. But what has been ...

Stormy winter weather in Utah has caused numerous waterbirds to crash into the ground, state wildlife officials said. Such events can often result in death or injury for the animals. In December 2011, ...

We made the grebe run on the first day of June – Thursday last week. We are Erik Fritzell, biologist and birder, and myself, bird columnist. Lamentably, our run took us farther and found fewer species ...

A number of rare birds — a Greater White-fronted Goose, Long-billed Dowitcher, and Eared Grebe, among them — were spotted in Bucks County in the first week of November, an ornithology organization has ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSL) — Utah wildlife officials estimate 15,000 to 25,000 eared grebes have died in recent months from a highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak across the Great Salt Lake, ...

In North American field guides, loons and grebes share pride of place, at the front of the book. The birds are closely related. That's why they share space. Most bird books are arranged taxonomically, ...

Recent bird sightings reported to Mass Audubon: Last week’s most interesting reports included a continuing Say’s phoebe in Hampshire County, an eared grebe and a tufted duck in Nantucket, a continuing ...

As the calendar moves into the months of October and November, migrating waterfowl will replace the exodus of songbirds that evacuate the North American continent every fall in prepa-ration for their ...

Recent bird sightings reported to Mass Audubon: Notable species last week were a Western grebe in Winthrop, an eared grebe in Marblehead, a tufted duck in Nantucket, a Say’s phoebe in Belchertown, a ...