Gulf Oil Spill: Definitely Not for the Birds

“Birds are key indicators of the environment in which they — and we — live and eat and breathe. Their health or decline eventually mirrors our own, and the diagnosis this week isn’t looking very good.

The spreading oil threatens “Important Bird Areas,” sites identified by Audubon and other conservation experts as vital to the health or even the survival of entire species.

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Coastal bird species — graceful terns, gangly pelicans, peaceful plovers — have everything to lose if the oil reaches them. It is breeding season for these year-round coastal denizens, and it is also peak migration season for millions of other birds headed north, right through the areas that may be hardest hit.” . . . Read more on the potential devastating tragedy.