[EBB Sightings] Fwd: IBRRC Treating Oregon Sea Birds - Help Needed

I'm forwarding this because I know many people on this list did the training with IBRRC after/during our oil spill.

--- In northbaybirds at yahoogroups.com, "torusert"  wrote:

Many of you may already know about the incident that is going on along the Oregon / Washington coast right now.   A massive rescue effort is under way to save birds caught up in a toxic algae bloom that's proven fatal to hundreds of birds off the coast. Oregon and Washington wildlife rescue centers are overwhelmed with epidemic numbers of wet, cold, and dying sea birds soiled by unusual sea slime. 

To help, yesterday about 150 of the sea birds were transported from Portland, Oregon via van to International Bird Rescue's (IBRRC) Northern California bird center for treatment.The birds being treated at IBRRC include the following: 38 Grebes, 51 Murres, 40 Red Throated Loons,1 Pacific Loon, 5 Common Loons ,12 Scoters.  Hundreds more are expected.

 Anyone wishing to help contact - ibrrc.org or phone the hospital line at 707-207-0380 x110.http://www.ibrrc.org/algae-slime-response-2009.html

Tom Rusert
IBRRC- Outreach
Fairfield, CA

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