http://frogsaregreen.com/2716/how-the-gulf-oil-spill-threatens-birds/ Helping to bring awareness of the frog extinction crisis and frog conservation efforts Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:52:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://frogsaregreen.com/2716/how-the-gulf-oil-spill-threatens-birds/comment-page-1/#comment-5261 Cindy Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:53:37 +0000 http://frogsaregreen.com/?p=2716#comment-5261 The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster comes during spring spawning season, an especially bad time for aquatic life making them extraordinarily vulnerable to the toxic effects of the oil itself, says Doug Rader, chief oceans scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund. "Now the same thing is happening with birdlife migrating to and from the tropics. Those that have completed their migrations in the Gulf region are nesting and are beginning to feed this year's crop of migratory birds." The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster comes during spring spawning season, an especially bad time for aquatic life making them extraordinarily vulnerable to the toxic effects of the oil itself, says Doug Rader, chief oceans scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund.
“Now the same thing is happening with birdlife migrating to and from the tropics. Those that have completed their migrations in the Gulf region are nesting and are beginning to feed this year’s crop of migratory birds.”

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