Horned Grebe

Uploaded on Jun 6, 2010

Podiceps auritus.
It is a member of the grebe family of water birds. They breed in vegetated areas of freshwater lakes across Europe and Asia. It also breeds in remote inland parts of the United States and much of Canada. Most birds migrate in winter to the coast. During this time, this small grebe is mainly white with a sharply defined black cap.

Adult description: summer
Males have a black head with brown puffy earlike tufts along the sides of its face.
Deep red neck.
Scarlet eyes.
A small, straight black bill tipped with white.
Rides high in the water.

Resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_G...
http://www.birdguides.com/species/spe...
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/spec...

Uploaded on Mar 30, 2010

Horned Grebes fishing in Saganashkee Slough.3-30-2010.

Uploaded on Apr 24, 2011

Looking for migratory birds today, I found this guy swimming around in the lake.

Published on Sep 15, 2013

While watching this family of horned grebes, I saw a behaviour I had heard of but never seen before. The adult female plucks one of her feathers and feeds it to a chick.

Published on Jul 4, 2013

This summer I am filming a pair of horned grebes who live on a little lake close to where I live. Over the last month and a half I have filmed them build nests, chase off competing birds, establish a territory, lay eggs, take turns incubating the eggs and now finally they have hatched, five little babies in all. I plan on editing all the footage this winter, it will give a rare glimpse into the private life of this little known bird. The babies are so beautiful and cute at this age of only a few days old, I could not help making this little video ahead of time :)

This beautiful song by Shane Jackman is perfect because in this video it is dad who is carrying the babies and mom is on collecting baby food duty. They share parental duties equally, although one reason why dad is so ratty looking is because he spends a lot of his time chasing off any other waterfowl who dare to enter his territory, which is most of the lake. There is another pair of grebes at the far end of the lake, but you hardly even know they are there, they keep a very low profile so as not to be noticed by my feisty little male :)

Music by Shane Jackman (Moonsong) licensed from Magnatune/iLicensemusic

Uploaded on Jun 28, 2010

In Harstad, Northern Norway, a pair of Slavonian Grebes are shearing their responsibility for incubating their eggs. At least 4 eggs are present in the floating nest.