As Oil Spreads, Cornell-Audubon Citizen Network Tracks Birds

Friday, May 7, 2010 - 13:31 in Biology & Nature

As oil continues to gush into the ocean from the Deepwater Horizon well, Gulf Coast bird watchers are taking action by surveying beaches and marshes for birds. By entering their counts at www.ebird.org, they are helping scientists track hundreds of species that could be affected as the oil spreads toward land.

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