Brown Pelican rescued from 2010 oil spill spotted back in Louisiana
Brown Pelican rescued from 2010 oil spill spotted back in Louisiana LDWF and last updated 2021-04-08 15:15:43-04 More than ten years after being released in Georgia, a Brown Pelican rescued from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill has been spotted in Louisiana. According to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the pelican was spotted by biologists in March on a rock jetty on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay. The bird was rescued in June 2010 after being found covered in oil at the Empire Jetties in Barataria Bay during the aftermath of the spill. From there, the bird was taken t...