Search continues for oiled birds
Although news from the Gulf oil spill has been more infrequent than at the beginning, wildlife officials are looking for birds that need help. The Daily Comet in Thibodaux, LA, reports:
Scientists are expecting a spike in the number of dead birds recovered amid the Gulf oil spill as they begin this week searching large nesting colonies in places such as Terrebonne’s Raccoon and Whiskey islands, which had previously been off limits.
Scouring the islands will take about two weeks, officials said.
Scientists have avoided disturbing the rookeries, which often pack thousands on nesting birds on a single island.
Rhonda Murgatroyd, owner of Wildlife Response Services, which has contracted with BP for the bird-rehabilitation and recovery efforts, said scientists had chosen not to go after oiled birds they had spotted in rookeries because they didn’t want to risk disturbing healthy nesting birds and their young.
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