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Eared Grebe Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: It seems like every grebe species has a "way cool" factor, and that certainly holds for Eared Grebes as well. In breeding plumage, that red eye, the funky ear plumes, and the gorgeous dark plumage all make them a real treat to see in the field. Photos below show both breeding plumaged and winter plumaged Eared Grebes. My favorite photo of the species though has to be one of them in breeding plumage. The photo below is from Weisensee slough, a large wetland complex in far western Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

Eared Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis 

Eared Grebe 1 - Podiceps nigricollis

Eared Grebe 2 - Podiceps nigricollis

Eared Grebe 3 - Podiceps nigricollis

Eared Grebe 4 - Podiceps nigricollis

Eared Grebe 1

Eared Grebe 2

Eared Grebe 3

Eared Grebe 4

May 3rd, 2005

April 30th, 2005

October 22nd, 2006

October 22nd, 2006

Lake Thompson, South Dakota

Lake Thompson, South Dakota

Lewis & Clark Lake near Yankton, South Dakota

Lewis & Clark Lake near Yankton, South Dakota

Breeding plumage grebe on sunny day

Pair of breeding plumage grebes, one calling

Winter plumaged bird on choppy waters

Profile of winter plumaged grebe

Eared Grebe 5 - Podiceps nigricollis

Eared Grebe 6 - Podiceps nigricollis

Eared Grebe 7 - Podiceps nigricollis

Eared Grebe 8 - Podiceps nigricollis

Eared Grebe 5

Eared Grebe 6

Eared Grebe 7

Eared Grebe 8

April 21st, 2013

December 10th, 2010

December 9th, 2011

December 9th, 2011

Lake Vermilion, South Dakota

Near Chandler, Arizona

Reservoir near San Francisco, California

Reservoir near San Francisco, California

Grebe transitioning to spring breeding plumage

Winter plumaged grebe on golden waters

Non-breeding plumaged grebe

Non-breeding plumaged grebe

Eared Grebe 9 - Podiceps nigricollis

Eared Grebe 10 - Podiceps nigricollis

Eared Grebe 11 - Podiceps nigricollis

Eared Grebe 12 - Podiceps nigricollis

Eared Grebe 9

Eared Grebe 10

Eared Grebe 11

Eared Grebe 12

May 20th, 2018

May 20th, 2018

May 20th, 2018

May 20th, 2018

Weisensee Slough, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Weisensee Slough, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Weisensee Slough, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Weisensee Slough, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Breeding plumaged grebe in profile

Pair of spring breeding plumaged birds

Adult in breeding plumage with raised crest

Pair of breeding plumaged birds with raised crests

Eared Grebe 13 - Podiceps nigricollis

Eared Grebe 14 - Podiceps nigricollis

Eared Grebe 13

Eared Grebe 14

May 20th, 2018

July 5th, 2020

Weisensee Slough, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Stone Lake, Sully County, South Dakota

Spring bird facing into the camera

Three breeding plumaged birds

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