Brown pelican rescue after Deepwater Horizon oil spill

A Fish and Wildlife Service employee wearing a life vest and holding a net reaches over the side of a small boat to pick up a brown pelican that is covered in oil.
Photo By/Credit

Tom Mackenzie/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
05/05/2023
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Fish and Wildlife Service Employee Chris Reighn captures an oiled brown pelican for cleaning 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
Oil spills
Pollution
Wildlife restoration