More than a dozen Western grebes were recently returned to the ocean following weeks of recovery after being found coated in oil in early November.
International Bird Rescue staff had released 17 Western grebes, a long-necked diving bird, at a Los Angeles beach as of Monday, according to JD Bergeron, CEO of International Bird Rescue.
However, those are just some of the birds that were found slicked in oil in November around Ventura Harbor, with some in Santa Barbara County and one in Malibu…