Birds of the Upper Cumberland Region: Species Accounts
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Abundance: Fairly Common (observed in 17 counties, 5 in Kentucky and 12 in Tennessee).
Status: Winter Resident; photographs.
Regional High Count: 575 (23 February 1997; Floating Mill Recreation Area, Center Hill Lake, DeKalb County, Tennessee; Stephen J. Stedman).
Regional Extreme Dates:
Early Fall: 8 October 2001 (DeKalb County, Tennessee; Stephen J. Stedman).
Late Spring: 17 April 2009 (DeKalb County, Tennessee; Stephen J. Stedman).
Note: Regional dates of earliest reported fall arrival and latest reported spring departure during winters from 2001-2002 to 2010-2011 follow:
| Winter of... | Early Fall Arrival Date | Late Spring Departure Date |
| 2001-2002 | 8 October | 12 April |
| 2002-2003 | 18 October | 4 April |
| 2003-2004 | 10 October | 14 April |
| 2004-2005 | 17 October | 7 April |
| 2005-2006 | 16 October | 8 April |
| 2006-2007 | 13 October | 14 April |
| 2007-2008 | 24 October | 12 April |
| 2008-2009 | 18 October | 17 April |
| 2009-2010 | 16 October | |
| 2010-2011 |
Habitat: Mainly restricted to the big lakes of the Region, but uncommonly found on smaller lakes and larger ponds, especially during the periods of migration.
YardWatch Results 2003 and 2004: No registrations.
Remarks: Some information about the wintering behavior of this grebe in the Birds of North America account of this species (Stedman 2000) was collected at Center Hill Lake, DeKalb County, Tennessee.
Counties with Observations (boldfaced):
| Barren | Metcalfe | Adair | Russell | Pulaski |
| Monroe | Cumberland | Clinton | Wayne | McCreary |
| Macon | Clay | Pickett | Fentress | Scott |
| Smith | Jackson | Overton | Putnam | Morgan |
| DeKalb | White | Cumberland | ||
| Warren | Van Buren | Bledsoe |
To see a map (Figure 1) displaying data about this species, click on the boldfaced word in this sentence.
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