Gerrit Vyn / Flock of oiled Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) on a beach behind an oil covered containment boom. This nesting colony is the largest in Louisiana and was heavily contaminated by the BP Deepwat...

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of oiled bird nesting colonies in Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, with oil spill containment booms attempting to prevent more oil coming ashore. These waters are contami...

Gerrit Vyn / Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) juvenile, heavily oiled as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Human footprint and oiled beach from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Heavily oiled adult Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus). This bird was oiled by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak. Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. Baldwin County, Alabama, USA. June.

Gerrit Vyn / A sign along the road alerting motorists to a Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) and Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) nesting colony adjacent to the road. Gulf Islands National Seashore, which was affecte...

Gerrit Vyn / A lightly oiled Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) fledgling on the beach waiting to be fed. The bird was oiled as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Raccoon Island, Ter...

Gerrit Vyn / Flock of Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) oil covered fledglings wait to be fed in a nesting colony on Queen Bess Island. These birds have little chance of survival as their feathers are too damaged, a...

Gerrit Vyn / Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) juvenile oiled and waterlogged, as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak, drowning in waters adjacent to a nesting colony on Queen Bess Island. Barataria Bay ar...

Gerrit Vyn / Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) juvenile oiled and waterlogged, as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak, drowning in waters adjacent to a nesting colony on Queen Bess Island. Barataria Bay ar...

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of Queen Bess Island in the Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, with oil spill containment booms attempting to prevent more oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon leak coming ash...

Gerrit Vyn / Cross signs commemorating damage to environment and wildlife, erected by residents of Grand Isle in protest to the damage caused by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Plaquemines...