May 23, 2010
Oil spill threatens nesting pelicans in Louisiana
Nesting pelicans are seen landing as oil washes ashore on an island that is home to hundreds of brown pelican nests as well at terns, gulls and roseated spoonbills in Barataria Bay, just inside the the coast of Louisiana, Saturday, May 22, 2010. Oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill is now impacting large stretches of the Louisiana Coast. AP Photo / Gerald Herbert