[EBB Sightings] Action Alert - Oiled Bird Survey Leaders Needed

Posting this on behalf of Golden Gate Audubon.  You may have seen this
request before, but they still need experienced birders to lead surveys
of oiled birds.  Sorry for all the cross-posting, but we are trying
to reach as many Bay Area birders as possible.  Note the new phone 
numbers for reporting oiled birds - they actually work!  If you can 
volunteer, please contact Noreen Weeden, Eddie Bartley or Michael Martin 
as indicated in the message below, not me.  I'm just the messenger. 
Thanks in advance for your help.

Glen Tepke
Oakland

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Golden Gate Audubon is looking for leaders to take volunteers to areas 
and document any oiled birds or mammals and report this information to 
the Oiled Wildlife Care Network.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should people touch or approach an oiled animal
unless they have HAZWOPER training and are properly equipped. If you see
someone doing this, please remind them that this is highly toxic 
material (the oil is not motor oil but fuel oil).

Things we need our volunteer leaders to do:
- Identify the species and location of birds along San Francisco Bay
(download the form at www.goldengateaudubon.org)
- Use binoculars and spotting scope if you have one
- Use their own cell phone or home phone to report birds to the Oiled
Wildlife Care Network
- If you have GPS, please use it to help pinpoint the location of birds
- Photograph birds or marine mammals if possible and save to associate
with data sheets
- Once you've compiled your data, call OWCN at (877) 823-6926 to report 
in if you found fewer than five oiled birds; if you find more than five,
please FAX the form to Mark Lovett at (415) 701-3104. You can also call
this information into 311 in San Francisco (call (415) 701-2311 outside 
of the city). Once you've reported to OWCN, please mail the form to the
Golden Gate Audubon office. Send any pictures to Michael Martin at
mmartin at goldengateaudubon.org.

San Francisco locations where leaders are needed:
- Ocean Beach from Lincoln/Golden Gate Park South
- Ocean Beach from Lincoln/Golden Gate Park North to China Beach
- Baker Beach to Golden Gate Bridge
- Fort Point to Golden Gate Yacht Club
- Marina to Pier 39
- Pier 43 to Ferry Building
- Ferry Building to Mission Creek
- Mission Creek along Southern Waterfront (Agua Vista, Pier 94, Herons
Head , India Basin, Warm Water Cove)
- Lake Merced

East Bay locations where volunteers are needed:
- Point Pinole south to the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
- Richmond-San Rafael Bridge/Miller-Knox shoreline south to Golden Gate
Fields
- Golden Gate Fields south to Emeryville Crescent
- Emeryville Crescent south to Oakland Naval Supply Center/7th Street in
Oakland
- North side of Alameda and Lake Merritt
- South side of Alameda
- MLK Shoreline/Shoreline Park/Bay Farm Island/Oakland Airport

If you are willing to be an area leader or volunteer in San Francisco,
please contact Noreen Weeden or Eddie Bartley at (415) 355-0450 or
Noreen at naturetrip.com or Eddie at naturetrip.com. If you want to be an area
leader or volunteer in the East Bay, please contact Michael Martin at
mmartin at goldengateaudubon.org or (510) 919-5873.