Updated numbers for birds impacted by Deepwater Horizon Catastrophe via IBRRC

The species treated so far:
10 Northern gannet
6 Brown Pelican
3 Laughing Gull
2 Royal Tern
1 Green Heron
1 Magnificent Frigatebird
1Starling
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Ruddy Turnstone
1 Cattle Egret
1 Sanderling
1 Dunlin

Since 22 May more birds have been captured, and more birds were released too… updates will be in soon…

among the birds released so far have been pelicans, gannets and the green heron…

clipped from www.ibrrc.org

BIRD CARE IN NUMBERS
2010 GULF OIL SPILL

Updated May 22, 2010

Oiled Birds – Mississippi Canyon – BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Wildlife Center

Birds rec’d

In care

Died/Euthanized

Released

Fort Jackson, LA

25

18

4

3

Theodore, AL

3

3

0

0

Gulfport, MS

1

0

1

0

Pensacola, FL

3

2

0

1

Total

32

23

5

4

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