Confirmed: Dead Pelican Found Coated With Oil From Gulf Spill - AP/NOLA.com

[WillyT]

Dead pelican found coated with oil from Gulf spill
By The Associated Press
May 20, 2010, 7:28PM

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Managers of a renowned bird sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico say they have found their first dead pelican in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.


A Coast Guard member carries a dead
oil-covered pelican that was found
on North Breton Island on Thursday.
Gerald Herbert / The Associated Press


Breton National Wildlife Refuge, about eight miles from the Louisiana coast, had been fortunate so far in avoiding the worst of the Gulf oil spill.

But on Thursday morning, workers found a young brown pelican on a sand spit with its neck and one wing matted in oil.

Refuge biologist James Harris said the pelican was likely killed by the oil.

An estimated 4,500 pelicans and tens of thousands of terns nest on the dozens of islands that make up the sanctuary.

Harris said with each passing day the refuge is "pushing the envelope" in avoiding disaster.

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Link: http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/dead_pelican_found_coated_with.html

I fear this is just the end of the beginning...

:shrug:

[KingFlorez]

1. That's not from the oil spill, that pelican obviously committed suicide by jumping in old oil

It's not even crude oil, it's actually used oil from KFC that just got really dark. BP hasn't done anything wrong here.

[RKP5637]

3. Yep, BP will blame the victim and A-hole Limbaugh will claim the Sierra Club did it... n/t

[bullwinkle428]

5. Dammit!! I was planning on replying with the first Limbaugh reference!

My comment was going to be along the lines of him lighting another cigar, and laughing like Dr. Evil over the sight of the dead pelican...I'm sure I'm not far off at all.

[RKP5637]

6. That's pretty darn good in my book! There's enough of Limbaugh to go around for

everyone!:toast: :toast: :toast:

[RKP5637]

2. BP's going to have to do a lot of their inane good guy commercials to ever white wash this one. n/t

[progressoid]

4. Just the beginning.

The carnage is going to be beyond belief.

[Cetacea]

11. Sadly true. eom

[Catherina]

7. Wait until the toxins from the dispersants kick in and start killing all the young life

This is the stuff of nightmares.

[Horse with no Name]

8. Wait until the cancer clusters start appearing on the coastline

from the dispersants.
Of course, that will be explained away...

[Bluebear]

9. RIP Pete. . . I'm so sorry what we did to you.

[Cetacea]

10. Louisiana State Bird nt

[pitohui]

12. it is the very worst time of year this could happen

a friend asked me what abt the pelicans on st. john's bayou (in new orleans) etc. i had to explain that all pelicans go offshore this time of year w. their families to breed


we walked all about new orleans today but saw none, there were no young pelicans held back in reserve in the city where they're safe, they're ALL presumably offshore out there with their families

very sad

[1955doubledie]

13. K&R

:kick:

[Blue_Roses]

14. this is so sad...

:cry:

[leftstreet]

15. Take all the dead wildlife to BP hq and Wall Street - pile it up!

This is just sickening