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20-Apr-23, 08:19:47 AM
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Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Rescue crews discover more oil-covered animals
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on: 06-May-10, 06:57:44 AM
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PLAQUEMINES PARISH, LA (WAFB) - Another wildlife victim was rescued off the Louisiana coast. A brown pelican was found Monday on Storm Island, just east of Venice. The pelican was covered in oil. The bird is being cared for and fed by Tri-State Bird Rescue. The group has set up shop at Fort Jackson in Plaquemines Parish to handle this type of situation. "If birds are oiled on their bellies and they take it to their nest it can get on eggs and kill the eggs or the young," said Jay Holcomb with the Bird Rescue Research Center. Officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service caution that thousands of wildlife are in danger from the oil spewing into the Gulf.  |
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Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Oil Reaches First Important Bird Area
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on: 06-May-10, 06:03:08 AM
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Oil from the recent spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reached the shores of the Chandeleur Islands, marking the first assault on a network of Important Bird Areas that line the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to south Florida.
“Rusty streaks of crude could be seen closing in on the Chandeleur Islands and small, dark patches of oily sheen lapped ashore,” reported the Telegraph earlier today. A fleet of 22 boats, comprising 10 official vessels and 12 shrimp trawlers, was dispatched to skim the surface of the slick near the islands, put down protective booms, and drop dispersant chemicals into the oil, according to the report.
“This is another sad milestone in a disaster unfolding in slow motion,” said Frank Gill, interim president of the National Audubon Society, in a recent press release. “This massive oil slick is churning around in the Gulf and emulsifying into a thick, deadly ‘mousse’ that will extinguish life and destroy habitats.”
Located 60 miles from New Orleans at Louisiana’s eastern boundary, the uninhabited Chandeleur Islands in the parishes of St. Bernard and Plaquemine are part of Breton National Wildlife Refuge, the nation’s second oldest refuge and home to an estimated 34,000 birds. Designated as an IBA—that is, a site recognized by Audubon and Birdlife International as essential for the survival of one or more birds species—the Chandeleurs and greater Breton National Wildlife Refuge are a haven to an avian medley that includes waterfowl, wading birds, marsh birds, shorebirds, and neotropical species that touch down during their migrations.
Louisiana’s state bird, the brown pelican, nests in this IBA, and its breeding season has only just begun. Removed last year from the endangered species list, the bird—there are more than 2,000 in Breton National Wildlife Refgure—is still vulnerable, and disruptions to its breeding cycle could have serious effects on the population, according to an Audubon press release.
Back in 2005, Hurricane Katrina dealt a blow to the Chandeleur Islands (Breton National Wildlife Refuge) IBA, reducing the land area by about 80 percent. What remains is susceptible to accelerated erosion—and now, it appears, to oil.
P&G ships dish liquid to help clean Gulf mammals
By DAN SEWELL (AP) – 2 days ago
CINCINNATI — Procter & Gamble Co. says it has rushed 1,000 bottles of Dawn dishwashing liquid to the Gulf of Mexico region to help clean wildlife soiled by the massive oil spill.
A P&G spokeswoman says a shipment from a Kansas City plant was delivered by truck Saturday and another 1,000 bottles are being readied.
Wildlife rescue workers have used Dawn for more than three decades.
Cincinnati-based P&G has ongoing partnerships with the International Bird Rescue Research Center and the Marine Mammal Center to provide Dawn and raise funds.
In honor of Earth Day in April, before the severity of the Gulf spill was recognized, P&G stepped up airing a television commercial tied to fundraising for bird rescue efforts.
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Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Peregrine falcon birth alert in Jackson!
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on: 05-May-10, 11:11:09 PM
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I started a thread for this site but can't seem to find it, so I'll make another:  The world is atwitter this morning with word that Jackson's most celebrated eggs have hatched. Three rare and brand new peregrine falcons are now nesting with their mother high atop the Jackson County Tower Building. Falcon watchers can keep tabs by clicking here for the county government Falcon Cam, which updates photos of the nest every 15 seconds. Be warned about the Falcon Cam, though. It can take a long time before the mother falcon, Big Red, moves away from her young far enough to provide a clear view of the babies. Due to glare off a window, the quality of images varies with time of day, Birth of baby falcons completes a two-year effort by the county to provide a suitable nesting place. The lightning-fast raptors have been seen around the Tower Building for years but until humans added pea gravel to high nooks and crannies this spring, the falcons did not nest. "We're parents," proud Jackson County Administrator Randy Treacher said this morning.  |
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Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: Peregrines in San Josee
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on: 05-May-10, 08:48:17 PM
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It's OK Debbie...we're still getting used to this format too! Thanks for the update! Yeah, it's OK...I do it too. Thanks so much for explaining about the little one who didn't make it. It's sad but it sure does happen. I was watching them today, so cute at this stage.  |
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