Editing Green-tailed grebe

{{youmay|the bird|[[The Long-Lost Green-Tailed Grebe|the song about the bird]], [[Elwood City Grebes|the baseball team]], or [[Grebelings|the children's baseball team]]}}
[[File:For the Birds.JPG|thumb|250px|A green-tailed grebe]]
'''Green-tailed grebes''' are fictional marshland birds of the family ''Podicipedidae''. Once thriving in the woods of [[Elwood City]], they are now considered extinct, though there have been a few recent reports of sightings.

==History==
The grebe population quickly dwindled and practically went extinct because of a loss of trees caused by the lumber town founded by [[Jacob Katzenellenbogan]]. This town would become an official city in 1903.<ref>"[[Elwood City Turns 100!]]"</ref>

In the present day, Professor [[Conrad Twitter]] saw a green-tailed grebe in the woods around Elwood City. He made a recording of its call but did not have a camera with him. His interview on ''[[Nature News]]'' with [[Dale Drowzman]] inspired [[Alan Powers|Brain]] to look for the grebe himself. He and Buster were able to find one but failed to take a picture.<ref>"[[For the Birds]]"</ref>

==Legacy==
[[file:Fern1.jpg|thumb|Fern portrayed a grebe in the school play ''Oh, Elwood!''.]]

Several things in Elwood City are named after green-tailed grebes, most notably the baseball team, the [[Elwood City Grebes]].

==Behind the scenes==
The green-tailed grebe is not a real bird species. Real grebes are—as The Brain correctly points out—marshland birds of the family Podicepedidae. However, they are poor flyers and are incapable of perching in trees, the way the grebe in the show does.

==Appearances==
*705. "[[Elwood City Turns 100!]]" {{C|Mentioned only}}
*1103b. "[[Prunella Packs It In]]" {{C|Mentioned only}}
*1204a. "[[For the Birds]]" {{C|First appearance}}

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