Eared Grebe Range Map

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Migration

Long-distance migrant. In North America, migrates at night to staging areas on lakes in the Great Basin before flying nonstop to the southern wintering grounds. In the spring, migrates northward to staging areas in the Salton Sea before moving through the Great Salt Lake and breeding areas farther north.

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Grebes(Order: Podicipediformes, Family: Podicipedidae)

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