Sunday, January 24, 2010

Responding to Huntington Beach Channel Spill

An IBRRC spill response team is working on a small oil spill in Huntington Beach, CA. The two member team is joining another team from the Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center as part of the California's Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN).

So far, three birds have been rescued: A Lesser Scaup, Pied-Billed Grebe and American Coot. News report

More details to come

2 comments:

Unknown said...

As an HB resident, just wanted to say THANK YOU! We live alongside the channel at Beach and Atlanta and we are so grateful you are there to help the birds we love to see in our neighborhood!

Webcoot said...

Gretchen:

Thanks for your good words! We're glad to be of assistance to any birds in need of care.

-IBRRC