110 Birds Endangered by Mysterious Oil Spill
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NORFOLK, Va. — A mysterious oil spill off the Virginia-North Carolina coast has saturated more than 100 birds with heavy coats of oil that may kill more than half of them, a wildlife refuge manager said Thursday.
Since Tuesday, 110 oil-soaked loons and grebes have been captured near the Back Bay Wildlife Refuge, said Anthony Leger, manager of the federal refuge.
A Coast Guard spokesman said that helicopters and shore patrols have been unable to find an offshore oil slick or pinpoint the cause of the spill.
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