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Posted Tue Aug 10 2010: from New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Oil spill plugged, but more oiled birds than ever are being found http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1281402869
 More than three weeks after BP capped its gushing oil well, skimming operations have all but stopped and federal scientists say just a quarter of the oil remains in the Gulf of Mexico. But wildlife officials are rounding up more oiled birds than ever as fledgling birds get stuck in the residual goo and rescuers make initial visits to rookeries they had avoided disturbing during nesting season. 19 0 997Share Before BP plugged the well with a temporary cap on July 15, an average of 37 oiled birds were being collected dead or alive each day. Since then, the figure has nearly doubled to 71 per day, according to a Times-Picayune review of daily wildlife rescue reports.
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Apparently, the birds aren't keeping up with all the good news!

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