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We all know about high tides, they happen twice a day, but King Tides happen only twice a year. These roughly seven-foot tides change our coastline in a way that needs to be captured.
Brown crude. so even if the well is capped and most of the oil is gone from the gulf, bird conservationists say it doesn't matter. the fact is, since the spill, more than 1,700 birds have been pick up oiled but alive. even more, another 3,500 birds or so were found dead. of those, more than 1,500 visibly oiled. and bird sanctuaries are still taking in oily birds. but this is only part of the story. what about the oiled birds that biologists fear may have died and sunk beneath the surface? they'll never be counted. just like with the exxon valdez. it's estimated as many as 250,000 birds may act...