Dear Friends, Happy New Year! As we usher in 2011, International Bird Rescue Research Center is looking forward to a number of very exciting changes that will allow us to continue growing our bird rehabilitation, research and education programs. Our 40th anniversary is coming up in April, and we have many accomplishments to celebrate, thanks … Read more
Join us on Saturday, December 4 from 3 to 8 p.m. at Café Boogaloo, in Southern California for a party to benefit International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) in San Pedro. The center rehabs injured wildlife, often pelicans and gulls from this area, and responds to international ecological crises like the Gulf of Mexico oil … Read more
The search is still on for the cruel prankster who has been putting beer cans around birds necks in the San Francisco Bay Area. So far at least 5 birds have been spotted with these aluminum collars. Sightings have come in from Lake Merced and Pier 39 and as far south as Half Moon Bay. … Read more
Nat Geo Channel: Gulf Oil Spill” Thursday, May 27 at 9 pm In one of America’s biggest environmental disasters and the largest oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico since 1979, the BP Mississippi Canyon spill continues to enflame public and political sentiment. Now, as experts scramble to stop the oil leak, National Geographic Channel … Read more
After capture, an oiled Brown Pelican, left, awaits washing at the Fort Jackson, Louisiana Oiled Wildlife Center. The same pelican, right, a few days later after it was washed at the Gulf Oil Spill Wildlife Response in May 2010. After stabilzation, a health exam and supportive care we use a 1% Dawn dishwashing solution to … Read more
The news doesn’t get any better for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The U.S. Coast Guard says its five times larger than previous estimates. The leak is now spilling 5,000 barrels — or 210,000 gallons — of crude oil a day, not a 1,000 barrels that was originally reported. During a Wednesday night press … Read more
This week Australian authorities arrested and charged the master and officer on watch of the Chinese coal carrier that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef. The ship veered off course in early April in what the government has said was a dangerous and potentially catastrophic effort to save time on the ship’s voyage. The … Read more
Australian authorities are scrambling to stabilize a Chinese-registered coal ship that run aground Saturday and is leaking oil inside the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The sudden impact ruptured the 700-foot ship’s fuel tanks and spilled approximately 1,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil into surrounding waters. Fears of the ship breaking up and causing more … Read more
Since January 1, 2010, IBRRC has treated nearly 550 pelicans at its two bird rescue centers in California. Jay Holcomb, IBRRC’s Executive Director updates viewers on the cause and treatment of the Brown Pelican collected starving, wet and cold in Southern and Central California. A total of 322 birds have been returned to the wild. … Read more
NPR had a very fine remembrance this week of Theodore Cross, bird lover, photographer and author of “Waterbirds” an exceptional photo book that is on our favorites list. Cross died February 28, 2010 of heart failure, following a fall at his home in Sanibel, Fla. Cross pursued many passions over his 86 years: He was … Read more