The pied-billed grebe breeds in south-central Canada, throughout the United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and temperate South America.
These grebes may lay up to two sets of eggs a year.
Their nests sit on top of the water, their eggs sitting in vegetation that resides in the water.
Grebes lay between three and ten bluish white smooth elliptical eggs with the female starting the incubation process.
They are incubated for around 23 days by both parents, with the female taking over incubation duties towards the end of that time period.
They will cover the nest with nesting material if they have to leave it for an extended period of time.

Young grebes may leave the nest within one day of hatching.
They are downy at birth.
Yellow skin is seen between the lore and top of the head.
They do not swim well and stay out of the water.
They sleep on their parents' backs.
Within four weeks they start swimming.
When alerted they will climb on the back of a parent grebe and eventually mature to dive under the water like their parents.
Both parents share the role of raising the young – both feeding and carrying them on their backs.
Sometimes the parents will dive underwater to get food with the chicks on their backs.
The pied-billed grebe breeds in south-central Canada, throughout the United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and temperate South America. These grebes may lay up to two sets of eggs a year. Their nests sit on top of the water, their eggs sitting in vegetation that resides in the water. Grebes lay between three and ten bluish white smooth elliptical eggs with the female starting the incubation process. They are incubated for around 23 days by both parents, with the female taking over incubation duties towards the end of that time period. They will cover the nest with nesting material if they have to leave it for an extended period of time.
Young grebes may leave the nest within one day of hatching. They are downy at birth. Yellow skin is seen between the lore and top of the head. They do not swim well and stay out of the water. They sleep on their parents' backs. Within four weeks they start swimming. When alerted they will climb on the back of a parent grebe and eventually mature to dive under the water like their parents. Both parents share the role of raising the young – both feeding and carrying them on their backs. Sometimes the parents will dive underwater to get food with the chicks on their backs.
Pied-billed grebe