red-necked grebe
podiceps grisegena latin

The Red-necked Grebe is a nondescript dusky-grey bird in winter.

A red-necked grebe ambles into her nest, and three chicks snuggle under her feathers.

Red-necked Grebe.

The Red-necked Grebe is a common summer visitor in the Park and Recreation Area.

The survey found 814 red-necked grebes in total residing in the Park and Recreation Area.

Occasionally, there are special visitors such as Long-tailed Duck and Red-necked Grebe.

Irma's life list included the Kirtland's warbler, the red-necked grebe, and the white-winged scoter.

Like other grebes, the Red-necked Grebe ingests large quantities of its own feathers, which remain in the bird's stomach.

Although the Red-necked Grebe is unmistakable in breeding plumage, it is less distinctive in winter and can be confused with similar species.

Red-necked Grebes attempt to evade birds of prey by diving; when feeding, dives average less than 30 seconds, although escape dives are more prolonged.

The only grebe species it somewhat resembles is the unrelated Red-necked Grebe which is not found in South America.

The Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) is a migratory aquatic bird found in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.

Nesting species include tundra swan, mallard, green-winged teal, common eider, Canada goose, and horned and red-necked grebes.

The most easily observed are the common loon, red-throated loon, horned grebe, red-necked grebe and western grebe.

The Red-necked Grebe is normally single-brooded, although second broods and re-nesting after a clutch has been lost may extend nesting into July or August.

The Red-necked Grebe's closest relative is the fish-eating Great Crested Grebe of Europe and western Asia.

The Red-necked Grebe prefers an inland temperate climate, and is less successful near coasts and in subarctic and warm temperate zones.

The park is also home several species of birds including the Red-necked Grebe, Mute Swan, Snow Goose, and Black Vulture.

The Red-necked Grebe shows a preference for waters in forested areas or, further north, in shrub tundra, and favours sites with abundant emergent vegetation, such as reedbeds.

Like all grebes, the Red-necked Grebe nests near water into which it can escape, since the position of the legs far back on the body prevents fast movement on land.

The breeding range of the Red-necked Grebe overlaps with that of the Slavonian Grebe, although the latter species tends to be displaced from sites suited to both.

On the breeding grounds, the Red-necked Grebe feeds mainly on invertebrates including adult and larval aquatic insects, such as water beetles and dragonfly larvae, crayfish and molluscs.

The Red-necked Grebe is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

Ospreys, eagles, trumpeter swans, Karner blue butterflies, Blandings turtles, and red-necked grebes are some of the engangered and threatened animals that find shelter in Crex Meadows.

It is possible that the Red-necked Grebe originally evolved in North America and later spread to Europe, where a change of diet to include more insects helped to reduce competition with its larger cousin.

The Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) is a migratory aquatic bird found in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.