Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Estonia, NY??? no stupid...

There is a major spill in Estonia....i immediatly thought....NY? Nope.. try Europe. Near Finland. Awsome. There is really no chance they will need us IFAW and IBRRC are already involved. I breathed a small sigh of relief because i would need to renew my very expired passport. The last time i checked that doesn't happen over night. Oops...i know mom...i don't want to hear it.
It's really crappy, the projected number of birds effected is 35,000. Holy hell thats A LOT of birds. 5,000 will die if not more. I found some good photos...lets hope it doesn't come to them having to call us. The link at the bottom has the best pics.
PS its -20 C in Finland right now...thats pretty darn cold!
Yep definatly not NY....Long-tailed duck is the most effected at the moment. Lots of others..too many to list.

Oiled Long-tailed duck...poor honey

Long-tailed ducks and Goldeneye ducks...trying desperatly to clean themselves of the nastiness

These pics give the best idea of how bad it is...there were too many to post...so just look at the site. Sorry...it's in Finish i think :)

3 brilliant thoughts by others:

Mike Garvey said...

Don't forget the Moonraker Albatros and the Dr. No Chickadee.

Scott said...

This begs the question: who are the top five people for whom you would voluntarily cover yourself in crude oil and lick it off? Do I see a meme????

Estonia in World Media (Rus) said...

since it is -15 celsius the number of birds affected equals the number of them dead