More than 4,000 migrating Eared Grebes came to ground in Utah with calamitous consequences, apparently mistaking large parking lots for bodies of water. Thousands of these unwise waterfowl perished, but thousands more have survived and are being tended to by government workers and volunteers. Oh, the humanity! (hat tip to Patrick O’Driscoll)
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I guess it’s not that hard to mistake a large, empty gray parking lot for a large, empty gray lake. Poor grebes.