Dear Ohio Birders: My name is Wendy Rihner, and I am former Clevelander living in New Orleans for the last 25 years. I am also an avid birder. As of yet, there has been no call for those helping with wildlife. If I hear of anything on my end, I will let this listserv know. A colleague of mine who works as LA's National Audubon's IBA Coordinator is keeping Labirders posted. Only one telephone # has been given in case anyone finds oiled birds, but I do not know if it refers callers to another #: 1-866-557-1401. You can also subscribe to LABIRD, as there are many men and women in the know working on this now who are members of LABIRD. This is a monumental disaster; what Katrina did not take, this will. This is disastrous not only for wildlife (if that were not bad enough), but the seafood industry, which supplies nearly 50% of this nation's seafood, will be shut down, and many more Americans will be unemployed. And the fragile coast, already on life support, well. . .you get the idea. And without our coast, many of the birds you like to watch in Ohio will lose vital habitat. I will do my best to keep anyone updated who wishes to be. Keep us in your thoughts, please. The air quality is awful, and a student of mine had an asthmatic attack. Wendy RihnerMetairie, LA --- On Thu, 4/29/10, Rebecca Hinkle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Rebecca Hinkle <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Disaster in the Gulf To: [log in to unmask] Date: Thursday, April 29, 2010, 5:45 PM Here is a link to the unified command response team site, it includes some answers to questions and a place to submit your questions. It may help all of us here wondering about the wildlife we all share and the habitat that is so important to them. http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/ Rebecca E. Hinkle Visitor Services Manager Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge 14000 West State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449 419-898-0014 ext. 17 Marys1000 <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: Ohio birds <[log in to unmask]> 04/29/2010 06:20 PM Please respond to Marys1000 <[log in to unmask]> To [log in to unmask] cc Subject [Ohio-birds] Disaster in the Gulf Not only doesn't it not sound good it sounds like a wildlife disaster on unprecedented proportions.. I'm not sure what I can offer to help when the oil slick hits but perhaps a check to wildlife recovery efforts. I would really really appreciate it if some of the more connected birders let us (or me personally) know of opportunities to help. I have some vacation saved and would be willing to go down, drive down supplies, man phone lines, wash birds, cook for workers, whatever. But have no idea how to do that. Though I think this will be going on for a long time so opporunities will continue, if there is any way to find out about them. Personally I hope they consider calling out the National Guard to help skim and locate and wash wildlife. It may be silly but I do buy Dawn dishwashing liquid just because of their commercials and promises to help wildlife. I hope they're making extra. Thanks, Marie Schatz Michigander in Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]