Stabilized birds have a much higher survival rate than birds that are not stabilized prior to being washed. They must be stabilized before attempting cleaning. Many haven't eaten in days and are often dehydrated and exhausted by the time we capture them. No! Oiled birds often suffer from hypo or hyperthermia. The group has responded to more than 100 oil spills, including Exxon Valdez in 1989, and cared for more than 140 different species of birds, mammals, and reptiles.ĭo you wash birds as soon as you get them? It all depends on the spill.” Holcomb and the other bird rehabilitation experts on the ground are preparing to care for potentially thousands of birds.įrom how oiled birds are cleaned to avian survival rates from previous spills, IBRRC provides offers in-depth answers to many questions about oil spills and birds. In terms of where the northern gannet and other avian victims rescued from the disaster will be let loose once they’re rehabilitated, Holcomb said he’s “not sure where we are going to release them at this point. Yesterday he said rescue crews were waiting for the rain to clear before looking for more birds. Jay Holcomb, IBRRC’s executive director, is on site. The oiled bird, surely the first of many, is now recuperating at a BP-funded rehabilitation center staffed by Tristate Bird Rescue and Research and the California-based International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC). The northern gannet swam to the vessel and hopped onto a pole the workers held out.
On Friday, April 30, a boat crew rescued the BP oil spill’s first known avian victim, a northern gannet, smothered in oil that could strip it of its insulation or poison it if ingested. (AP Photo/The Sun Herald, William Colgin) Several hundred yards of boom line has been set up on the north side of the island to try and contain the oncoming oil spill. Two brown pelicans and shorebirds on Ship Island as a boom line floats just offshore Thursday, Apin Gulfport, Miss.
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