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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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NOAA volunteers prepare to travel to the clean-up sites.
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A view of Tampa Bay and the causeway.
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The surrounding shoreline and homes on Tampa Bay.
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Scott Gudes buries a dead pelican that was removed from the mangroves where itwas entangled in discarded monofilament.
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Scott Gudes prepares to bury a dead pelican. Pelicans are one of the birdspecies that become entangled in discarded monofilament fishing line. The birdsare trapped by the line when it wraps around their legs and can not fly to huntfor food or reach w
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Peter Clark of Tampa Baywatch, left, addresses volunteers at the staging areabefore the workers depart to begin the clean-up.
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A dead brown pelican floats in the water as testimony to the destructiveness ofdiscarded monofilament in marine environments.
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Volunteers hunt for discarded monofilament in the roots and branches ofmangroves. A dead victim, a brown pelican floats in the water nearby.
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Volunteers rush to bring an injured bird to the boat that will transport thepelican to wildlife rehabilitators who will attempt to resuscitate the bird.Successful rehabilitation depends upon a number of factors including the lengthof entanglement and
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Scott Gudes uses a long handled boat hook to remove monofilament from theupper branches of mangroves where birds roost and may become entangled.
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Scott Gudes delivers a welcome speech to the volunteers that joined theNOAA Restoration Center staff and Tampa Baywatch to assist in the monofilamentclean-up.
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Scott Gudes cradles an injured pelican that was attached to mangroves bymonofilament. The bird will be rushed to volunteer land-based rehabilitators.
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An unidentified bird skull hangs in the branches of a mangrove where it remindsvolunteers of the importance of the clean-up. When monofilament is left inroosting areas, birds will continue to perish.
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NOAA's John Iliff and a bird rehabilitator, Lee Fox, introduce a postercreated to educate volunteers about how to rescue injured birds.
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