An oiled grebe receives a pre-treatment before being washed on Oct. 9 by members of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, a program led by UC Davis. (OWCN, UC Davis) Updated 4 p.m. Oct. 11: Responders with ...
A brown pelican waits for a veterinary exam at the Fort Jackson Rescue Center in Buras, La. Rescuing oiled birds is the right thing to do because more of them survive and reproduce than previously ...
Los Angeles — Veterinarian Rebecca Duerr gasps as she gently squeezes the belly of the black and white bird on her exam table. The size of a crow, with tomato-red eyes, a yellow beak, and a swan-like ...
LONG BEACH, Wash. — Washington and Oregon state agencies are investigating after receiving reports of at least 10 oiled birds on the Pacific coast. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW ...
The cleaning process for a bird caught up in a oil spill can be stressful, so after three days of monitoring a veterinarian on Friday made a first exam of one of seven Western snowy plovers found on ...
An oil slick off the coast of Santa Barbara and Ventura has brought 96 oiled Western grebes to the International Bird Rescue center in San Pedro for treatment. Bird Rescue officials outlined the ...