Bird Song for Gulf Coast Relief: (Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia)

A video to help benefit non-profit organizations along the Gulf Coast that are involved in the wildlife rescue effort. "Bird Song" is a Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead song (Copyright Ice Nine Publishing).

Performed, recorded and produced by Josh Schultz at Brook Hollow and Crooked Candle Productions. Special thanks to all the photo journalists and their respective publishers for their heart-wrenching photos, including Patrick Kelley-USCG/AFP-Getty Image, Eric Gay/AP, Dan Anderson/EPA, Mark Ralston/AFP-Getty Images, Charlie Riedel/AP, Kerry Sanders/NBC News, Daniel Beltra/Greenpeace & Reuters, and Sean Gardner/Reuters.

UPDATE (April 21, 2011): One-year after the Gulf Oil Disaster, the Center for Biological Diversity report (A Deadly Toll: The Gulf Oil Spill and the Unfolding Wildlife Disaster), estimated 6,000 sea turtles, 26,000 dolphins and whales, 82,000 birds, and countless fish and invertebrates
Government counts of wildlife harmed by the oil spill include 1,146 sea turtles, 128 dolphins and whales, and 8,209 birds from 102 species, including pelicans, black skimmers, clapper rails, northern gannets and sandwich terns. Since these counts were tabulated, media reports indicate at least 87 dead turtles have washed ashore and 390 additional dolphins and whales have been stranded. Although oiled birds continue to be found, the government has stopped reporting numbers.
The government has collected 932 brown pelicans that were injured by the spill.
All the sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico — green, Kemp's ridley, hawksbill, leatherback and loggerhead — are listed as federally threatened or endangered.

see also:

http://healthygulf.org/

http://www.gulfaid.org/

http://www.nojazzfest.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9M14UJbdFs

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Nonprofits & Activism

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