Brown and white pelicans nesting on an island in Terrebone Bay off the Louisiana coast.

A pair of baby pelicans beg for food after being washed and tagged as part of the cleaning process at the Fort Jackson International Bird Rescue Research Center in Buras, Louisiana.

Three Brown Pelicans recover at the International Bird Rescue Research Center before being released back in the wild.

Oil covered pelicans found off the Louisiana coast and affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico wait in a holding pen for cleaning at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana June 11, 2010.