Gull gets a bath to wash off bunker oil

SF toxic oil spill victim gets a bath from rescue workers at the IBRRC in Cordelia CA. notice the beak on this bird. I rinsed this guy and gulls are no joke. much bigger then i thought they were with intense beaks.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• sea
• gull
• wildlife
• sf
• bay
• oil
• spill
• ibrrc
• bunker
• rescue
• workers

[baynative]

(cont) tons of dawn were donated n used. volunteers worked hard to move as quickly and efficiently as possible n all the while very aware of how horrible it was for these precious creatures w/dawn all over them. saw many a tear incl my own, loons were too heavy for their breast bone out of water n lost too many to sores n infection. so many worked crazy hours i did a lil over 100 hrs that week.

[baynative]

after the bath they r put bac in holdin bins undr heat/dryers were they begin preening right away hopefully then they go 2 an enclosed hottub/spa like environment 4 their 1st swim n r watched 4 tipping n the water beading up then they go back 2 the dryers then mayb back 2 the hot tubs after more care or they r ready for outdoor netted pools were they r watched and fed dead fishes yeah 4 them eating!! they go bac n forth between dryers or indoor housing n outdoor pools a few times b4 releasing.

[bibi14930]

hey are you supposed to wash their oiled beaks like that? coz i see lots of soap all over its beak and it might seep into the birds mouth and it can't be good for them to ingest these soap right? I think there should another method to wash it's oiled beak.

[okbye1]

dish soap?  What about cooking oil? what else in the way of special cleaning stuff for the feathers?

[okbye1]

how long after the bath do they get their feather oils back?