Tar (sands) and Feathers

Raincoast Conservation Foundation has published its latest Notes From The Field, a conservation update from the Great Bear Rainforest.

Nepean Sound, BC North Coast – In the fall, the skies, lands and waters of the Great Bear Rainforest teem with marine and coastal birds. While
some will overwinter here, many millions are in the midst of a major
migration south. This event is underway as we cruise south down
Principe Channel aboard our vessel Achiever; snow geese fly past with
their powerful wings pumping and their brilliant white bodies straining
against a strong southerly wind. Pacific loons and surf scoters blur by
and distant flocks of other unidentified geese fly past in loose V’s
high above. Common murres and rhinoceros auklets sit in the choppy seas
around us, before upending themselves with a flash of white to swim
away under the sea. Seagulls swirl in our wake, investigating our
potential, before peeling away with plaintive cries.

For the full article, please visit
http://www.raincoast.org/2008/10/27/tar-sands-and-feathers/