Caught in the oil

AP Photographer Charlie Riedel just filed the following images of seabirds caught in the oil slick on a beach on Louisiana's East Grand Terre Island. As BP engineers continue their efforts to cap the underwater flow of oil, landfall is becoming more frequent, and the effects more evident.

A bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast.


A Brown Pelican sits in heavy oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast.


A pair of Brown Pelicans, covered in oil, sit on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast.



A sea bird soaked in oil sits in the surf at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast.


A Brown Pelican is seen on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast.

A bird covered in oil flails in the surf at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast.


A Brown Pelican is mired in heavy oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast.



A Brown Pelican covered in oil sits on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast.

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