Horned Grebe

The Horned Grebe is one of the most common of the Grebe family especially in the East, found along salt water marshes and thus is considered a salt water bird. However, they are found in the Great Lakes area and can adapt to fresh water. The Horned Grebe has a thin, straight, sharply pointed bill, white neck and forefront, dark back, and keeps it's rump low in the water. The eye is red with a red streak running from the bill to back of the eye. The Horned Grebe is 9.5" long with a wing span of 24". In the summer the male's white plumage turns to a rusty red.