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Article: Dirty birds get a bath.(California Marine Safety Detachment Santa Barbara)(saving grebes)
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- Coast Guard Magazine
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- March 1, 2005
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VENTURA COUNTY, Calif., Jan. 18 -- As the torrential rain subsided in Southern California, the first of more than a thousand lifeless western grebes began washing up on the shores of Ventura County, Calif. Marine Safety Detachment Santa Barbara, MSO L.A./Long Beach and the California Department of Fish and Game joined forces to recover the birds that remained oiled, yet alive, and investigate the source that oiled them.
"We worked with the MSO and the Coast Guard Auxiliary in doing over flights and shoreline assessments as well as taking samples for testing from natural seeps located at sea," said MSTC John Luzader. "So far the oil from the birds has matched, but ...