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Tampa Bay Oil Spill - Boca Ciega Bay
Tampa Bay Oil Spill - Boca Ciega Bay
Tampa Bay Oil Spill - Boca Ciega Bay (Monofilament Clean-Up Project) Tampa Baywatch implemented a two-year bird restoration effort to prevent bird mortality from monofilament entanglement. NOAA and Tampa Baywatch staff removed discarded monofilament from mangrove branches in wetland bird habitat. During the course of the clean-up injured birds were taken to rehabilitation centers.
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Tampa Bay Oil Spill-Boca Ciega Bay
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Scott Gudes and Becky Allee of NOAA prepare to begin work at the Tampa Baymonofilament clean-up.
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A National Marine Fisheries Service enforcement officer volunteer at theclean-up.
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A boater observes progress at the clean-up sites.
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A Brown Pelican, one of the species commonly entangled in discarded fishingline, rests at the entrance to Maximo Park. Volunteers and NOAA and TampaBaywatch staff departed from Maximo Park to begin the clean-up activities aroundTampa Bay.
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The Reefmaker, a vessel, and volunteers engaged in the clean-up.
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A single Brown Pelican rests on the water in Tampa Bay. Brown Pelicans are oneof the species that benefit from the monofilament clean-up that is organizedyearly by Tampa Baywatch. Brown Pelicans and other birds fall victim todiscarded monofilament
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A volunteer radios for his next location.
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A Great Egret, Casmerodius albus, preens in a tree on an island in Tampa Bay.Great Egrets are another species of bird that become entangled in discardedfishing line in their roosting habitat.
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Three Brown Pelicans rest at the entrance to Maximo Park.
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Tampa Baywatch and McDill Airforce Base pontoon boats assist in theclean-up and rescue of entangled birds.
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Observers watch the progress
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Scott Gudes of NOAA passes an injured pelican onto a waiting boat that willtake the bird to a rehabilitation center.
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Scott Gudes of NOAA cradles a pelican that was injured when it became entangledin monofilament in its roosting area.
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A heron sits on the dock alongside the water. Numerous species of heronslive and roost in the waters that surround Tampa Bay.
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A Great Egret, Casmerodius albus, roosts in a tree.
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Volunteers at the clean up site relax after their work.
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Scott Gudes and Becky Allee of NOAA participate in the all day clean-up.
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One of the many boats that helped to transfer NOAA volunteers from thestaging area to the clean-up sites.
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A brown pelican preens in the water.
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The shoreline around Tampa Bay.
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