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Birds released hits the 400 mark

December 19, 2007 by Bird-Rescue

This week the release of cleaned birds back to the wild hit the 400 number mark. On Tuesday morning December 18, a team from the Oiled Wildlife Care Network released 4 birds – 2 horned grebes and 2 surf scoters – at San Pablo Bay. All the birds came in from the Cosco Busan oil … Read more

35 more birds released today

November 24, 2020November 20, 2007 by Bird-Rescue

Another 35 birds were released back into the wild Monday at Heart’s Desire Beach at Tomales Bay. All the birds were washed of oil at the IBRRC/OWCN bird rescue center. The birds released included 16 Surf Scoters, 17 Western Grebes, one Black Turnstone and one Common Loon. The bird release was moved north because tar … Read more