A lightly oiled Royal Tern (Sterna maxima) fledgling on the beach waiting to be fed. The bird was oiled as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Raccoon Island, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. July 2010.
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A lightly oiled Royal Tern (Sterna maxima) fledgling on the beach waiting to be fed. The bird was oiled as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Raccoon Island, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. July 2010.