Unfortunate news from the TX coast. Passing this along from the TNbird listserve. Rob Lane, Louisville KY Begin forwarded message: > From: TNTuxedo <msha554@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: March 26, 2014 at 1:05:59 PM EDT > To: tn bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [TN-Bird] Galveston Bay, TX, oil spill > Reply-To: msha554@xxxxxxxxx > > A compelling story on the American Birding Association blog, written by Laura > Erickson, about the recent oil spill in Galveston Bay, TX. Please read and > share this info to focus attention on this deplorable situation, ironically > on the 25-year mark of the Exxon Valdez event. > > http://blog.aba.org/2014/03/galveston-bay-oil-spill-what-we-birders-can-do.html > > There is a petition as well...we need everyone's help and signature. > > Please take a moment to sign [and SHARE] this petition to demand ALL birds > affected by the Galveston Bay oil spill be counted. Because there is no > oversight, oil companies seek to hide the true numbers of affected wildlife > from the American public and hinder regular citizens and certified > rehabilitators from rescuing oiled birds or retrieving dead ones. Thanks! > (petition initiated by Laura Erickson) > > https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/count-all-documented-oiled-wildlife-rather-just-oiled-animals-are-physically-retrieved-after-spill/qNZbBPG4 > > Thanks for your help! > > Mary Sharp > Nashville, TN