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Orphaned ducklings find lettuce and love at Huntington Beach wildlife center
A variety of ducks and ducklings swim after “a tsunami of orphans came in,” according to Debbie McGuire, board member and executive director at the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Around this time every year, the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach is filled with quacking from hundreds of ducklings orphaned during spring “baby season.”
In part because of the coronavirus pandemic, this spring has been especially busy. The center is seeking help from community members to feed and care for more than 500 young birds, operations manager Debbie Wayns said.