Impacts of oil

Trying to keep things lighthearted has been a challenge lately, so I'll just provide a few links of good reading:

The American Birding Association "gulf" blog:
http://birding.typepad.com/gulf/

And a rebuttal to the "kill, don't clean oiled birds" argument:
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/06/oiled_birds_to_kill_or_not_to.php


If you've got time, there are volunteer options through National Audubon:

http://www.audubon.org/campaign/advisory/advisory1006.html#volunteer

It looks like we'll be spending most of July and a few of the following months out in the Big Bend region, more details to come eventually.