It made me physically sick this morning when I saw the eggs of the brown pelican covered in oil and the entire small island of nesting pelicans being saturated by the oil of the blown out well owned by BP (formerly called British Petroleum). This could not have happened at a worse time. The pelicans have nests on the ground either with eggs or with young pelicans. To feed the babies they must dive into the waters of the Gulf to catch fish. The waters are covered with oil. The pelicans will suffer and die. And, the ruptured well is still gushing millions of gallons a day.
See PBaser Scott Schexnaydre's photo of one of our barrier islands that is now getting hit by the oil at http://www.pbase.com/image/124783897.