Western Grebe

Aechmophorus occidentalis

Western Grebe photographed by Mark Curtis
Ventura · February 28, 2026

When to look

Reported most in November, across 907K open records.

Records by month. January, 84,776 records. February, 59,120 records. March, 58,076 records. April, 90,300 records. May, 106,446 records. June, 56,488 records. July, 40,676 records. August, 45,221 records. September, 65,083 records. October, 111,688 records. November, 111,947 records. December, 77,405 records.

Occurrence data from GBIF (incl. the eBird Observation Dataset, © Cornell Lab of Ornithology, CC BY 4.0). Descriptive, not predictive.

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