Oil soaked birds in the Gulf of Mexico
- A Amercan Egret takes flight from an oil-impacted marsh along the Louisiana coast Monday, June, 7, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill continues to creep onto the coastlines of several gulf states. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- A Amercan Egret takes flight from an oil-impacted marsh along the Louisiana coast Monday, June, 7, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill continues to creep onto the coastlines of several gulf states. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- A tern stands in oil-covered vegetation at an unnamed island in Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana Monday, June, 7, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill continues to creep onto the coast of gulf states. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- A oiled Brown Pelican is seen on Queen Bess Island off the coast of Louisiana Monday, June, 7, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill continues to creep onto the coast of gulf states. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- A oiled Brown Pelican is seen on Queen Bess Island off the coast of Louisiana Monday, June, 7, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill continues to creep onto the coast of gulf states. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- An oiled White Ibis is seen at an unnamed island in Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The bird was oiled by the Deepwater Horizon spill in the gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- An oiled White Ibis is seen at an unnamed island in Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The bird was oiled by the Deepwater Horizon spill in the gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- An oiled White Ibis, right, is seen with a clean bird at an unnamed island in Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The bird was oiled by the Deepwater Horizon spill in the gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- An oiled White Ibis lands at an unnamed island in Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The bird was oiled by the Deepwater Horizon spill in the gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- An oiled White Ibis is seen at an unnamed island in Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The bird was oiled by the Deepwater Horizon spill in the gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- Oil-covered Brown Pelican chicks are seen on Cat Island, La. Sunday, June 6, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill continued to move inland along several gulf states. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- An oil-covered Brown Pelican reacts as another bird flies past at Queen Bess Island, La, Sunday, June 6, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill continued to move inland along several gulf states. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- An oil-covered Brown Pelican struggles to fly at Queen Bess Island, La, Sunday, June 6, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill continued to move inland along several gulf states. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- An oiled Brown Pelican glides over Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana Monday, June, 7, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill continues to creep onto the coastlines of several gulf states. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- Plaquemines Parish coastal zone director P.J. Hahn lifts an oil-covered pelican which was stuck in oil at Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, just off the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., Saturday, June 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
- An oil-covered pelican sits stuck in thick beached oil at Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, just off the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., Saturday, June 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
- An oil-covered pelican sits stuck in thick beached oil at Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, just off the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., Saturday, June 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
- An oil covered pelican sits stuck in oil at Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, just off the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., Saturday, June 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
- An oiled pelican tries to leap over a wave on the shore of Isle Grande Terre, an island at the mouth of Barataria Bay where it meets the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., Friday, June 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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