Here’s the latest numbers on the oiled birds:
951 live birds in care
394 washed of oil
197 died/euthanized
884 found dead in the field*
*Birds found dead include:
225 visibly oiled
115 unoiled
544 unassessed
Most of the birds treated include Scoters, Scaups, Grebes, Loons and Cormorants. A complete list of birds affected by the spill will be compiled at the end of the response.
All of the birds are being treated at the OWCN’s San Francisco Bay Oiled Wildlife Care and Education Center in Cordelia.
California Fish & Game and IBRRC wildlife rescue teams continue to comb the bay and beaches to collect birds for treatment after the SF Bay spill on Wednesday morning, November 7, 2007.
Updated numbers from OWCN: Thursday 10:00 PM, November 15, 2007.
Poor Birdies!