Family: Podicipedidae
Habitat: Found on lakes, ponds, rivers, and marshes during the breeding season and in migration; and along seacoasts, bays, and estuaries (and occasionally inland lakes) during the winter.
Distribution: Breeding range extends from western and central Alaska and central Yukon east across northwestern and southern MacKenzie, northwestern Saskatchewan, and central Manitoba to western and central Ontario; and south to the northern U.S. (from central Washington and southwestern Oregon east to the Great Lakes region); considered to be a rare breeder in the northeastern U.S., and in southern Ontario and southern Quebec. Wintering range primarily limited to both coasts (from Alaska south to California, and from Newfoundland south to South Carolina); casual inland (A.O.U. 1998).
Field Marks: reddish neck, large white cheek patch, and dark cap are diagnostic in the breeding season. In winter, note the size which is larger than a Black-necked Grebe, and smaller than a Western Grebe and there’s a crescent-shaped white patch on side of face.
Nest Habits: Nests over shallow water, on floating platform of vegetation.
Eggs: 2-6, usually 4-5; 54 millimeter; bluish-white in color.
Incubation: Approximately 22-23 days, by both sexes; young are able to fly after about 70 days.
Habitat: Found on lakes, ponds, rivers, and marshes during the breeding season and in migration; and along seacoasts, bays, and estuaries (and occasionally inland lakes) during the winter.
Distribution: Breeding range extends from western and central Alaska and central Yukon east across northwestern and southern MacKenzie, northwestern Saskatchewan, and central Manitoba to western and central Ontario; and south to the northern U.S. (from central Washington and southwestern Oregon east to the Great Lakes region); considered to be a rare breeder in the northeastern U.S., and in southern Ontario and southern Quebec. Wintering range primarily limited to both coasts (from Alaska south to California, and from Newfoundland south to South Carolina); casual inland (A.O.U. 1998).
Field Marks: reddish neck, large white cheek patch, and dark cap are diagnostic in the breeding season. In winter, note the size which is larger than a Black-necked Grebe, and smaller than a Western Grebe and there’s a crescent-shaped white patch on side of face.
Nest Habits: Nests over shallow water, on floating platform of vegetation.
Eggs: 2-6, usually 4-5; 54 millimeter; bluish-white in color.
Incubation: Approximately 22-23 days, by both sexes; young are able to fly after about 70 days.
