Hooded Grebe courtship dance by BirdLife International

This week’s Bird of The Week is the most abundant and widespread grebe species in the world.🌎 You might say they’re… aGrebe-able! 😉 Although officially classified as the Black-necked Grebe by the International Ornithological Committee, Podiceps nigricollis is still known as the Eared Grebe in North America. This name refers to its eye-catching breeding plumage of deep black and coppery rufous, set off by a wispy fan of golden plumes behind each vivid red eye. Like other birds that undertake lo