Brown pelicans on oil containment boom after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Brown pelicans on an oil spill containment boom near Queen Bess Island.
Photo By/Credit

Tom Mackenzie/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
05/08/2010
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Brown pelicans sit on an oil spill containment boom near Queen Bess Island in 2010 after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Ecosystem
Coastal
Recreational Activity
Wildlife watching
Species
Pelecanus occidentalis
Subject tags
Animal health
Birds
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010
Coasts
Human impacts
Human-wildlife conflicts
Pollution