Oiled Birds Released On Sanibel

Just before noon on Monday, July 12th, 32 birds were released oil free onto Sanibel Beach. There were 21 brown pelicans and 11 gannets that got to enter the oil free water. The birds had been rescued from the waters of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi where the oil is way worse. They were rehabbed at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Center in Buras, Louisiana, and the Tri-State Bird Rescue Center in Theodore, Alabama. They were then brought to Sanibel and where they are safe from the the disaster. There has no sightings of returning birds and lets hope they stay out of that danger.