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Grebe-mageddon
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Toronto Wildlife Centre is struggling with what they are calling Grebe-mageddon.
It is so intensely cold that the lakes are freezing. Grebes need open water. They never go on land and if the end up on the ground they cannot take off.
Last year it was the bats and other wildfowl, this year it is the grebes and a lot of other wildfowl.
http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/1292174...es-freeze/

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/water-dwe...-1.2246962
Toronto Wildlife is a great place that does its best to rescue and rehabilitate wildlife in the area. They do a lot with a little and somehow they save lives and when ever possible they return them to the wild.
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Catherine

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The poor things! I didn't know this fact about Grebes, (that they spend their lives either in water or the air and can't manage being on solid ground.)
It's good that the Toronto Wildlife Centre is helping, and they need support for this operation.
I hope Spring will come soon!
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The last couple of years have been bad. People are good about finding birds like Grebes and taking them to Toronto Wildlife.

I think there are a number of water fowl who can't walk on land. They can't take off and fly on land either. Once they are down they are helpless.

It is amazing how many birds they save every year. All the various wildlife rescues make such a difference to our feathered friends.
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Catherine

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