Horned Grebe, plate by John James Audubon
Audubon, Birds of America, plate 259
Water & shore birds

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus
“Other noteworthy mentioning’s at these two locations include, Buffleheads, Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters, Horned Grebes Long-tailed Ducks, Great Cormorants, and the fantastically adorned Harlequin duck – seemingly at home amid the tumult of the crashing seas.”
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Dec 16, 2020

Other noteworthy mentioning’s at these two locations include, Buffleheads, Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters, Horned Grebes Long-tailed Ducks, Great Cormorants, and the fantastically adorned Harlequin duck – seemingly at home amid the tumult of the crashing seas.

Feb 17, 2021

On the morning of February 7, the following birds were seen along our coastline between Kettle Cove and the far fringes of Crescent Beach State park – a solitary Northern Mockingbird guarding his Winterberry throne, a Herring Gull pilfering a Common Eiders hard earned meal (a mussel), two diving Horned Grebes…

Dec 22, 2021

Other mentionables in Two Lights included two Horned Grebes, a male Long-tailed Duck, several Buffleheads, a Northern Gannet, a lone Common Raven and a Song Sparrow.

Feb 2, 2022

Later on the same day while walking along Ferry and Western Beach in Scarborough yielded 14 Common Loons, a Horned Grebe, a Red-necked Grebe and several Long-tailed ducks.

Feb 22, 2023

Just offshore I spied several Buffleheads, a Horned Grebe and a deep diving Black Guillemot.

Feb 7, 2024

On this same outing I noted seventeen Common Loons, six Long-tailed Ducks a lone Horned Grebe and a single Sanderling foraging at the icy water’s edge.

Dec 18, 2024

Other mentionables in Two Lights included two Horned Grebes, a male Long-tailed Duck, six Buffleheads, a diving Northern Gannet, a Common Raven and two Song Sparrows.