Mystery Tarballs, Drakes Bay; Point Reyes, California

Point Reyes, California | 1997-Nov-16

Initial Notification: On November 16, 1997, MSO San Francisco received reports of tarballs and oiled birds on Drakes Beach from the Point Reyes National Seashore. An MSO team was dispatched and found trace amounts of dime-sized tarballs along the beach. Personnel from the Point Reyes National Seashore and the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary began collecting oiled live and dead birds. The Oiled Wildlife Care Network and International Bird Rescue and Research Center in Berkeley, California began cleaning and rehabilitating oiled birds. USCG district 11. Keyword: International Bird Rescue and Research Center.