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Sept (To Nov breeds in one locality)

to Nov.; breeds in one locality.

Nest, a mass of water-soaked, decaying vegetation, sometimes built up from the bottom in shallow water, sometimes floating among rushes in a slough, when it is generally attached to its surroundings. Eggs, four to eight, dull white, more or less soiled or stained, 1.74 x 1.19.

This is probably the best known of our Grebes, and is the one which most frequently tempts the shot of would-be sportsmen. Its common names may stand as an expression of its aquatic powers. It dives head foremost, or sinks slowly beneath the water. Like other Grebes, it can swim easily and for an indefinite period with only its bill above the water, and its sometimes mysterious and apparently complete disappearance is explained by this habit.