Pictures: Oil "Devastated" Major Gulf Nesting Site
Pictures: Oil "Devastated" Major Gulf Nesting Site
By Korena Di Roma
Photograph courtesy Gerrit Vyn, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
National Geographic
A brown pelican on Raccoon Island, Louisiana, extends wings coated with oil in a picture taken last week by researchers with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. According to the team, what they saw on the island this month represents the worst damage yet to a major bird colony due to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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