Friday, June 18, 2010

Pelican's Lament


Remember when having a hook caught in your bill was the biggest concern for a pelican?

16 comments:

Dani said...

I feel like we're all just sinking in this mess.

Florida Native Mom said...

How about a hook and an oil suit? Insult to injury!

Sayre said...

Sandcastle Momma reports tarballs on her beach at Destin. I am so sad - for the innocent animals, the hardworking fishermen and shrimpers, for the families who may not get to go scalloping this sumemr...

robin andrea said...

This slow-motion disaster is unbearable. I can't look at any of the photos and see all that suffering, knowing I can't do a damned thing to help.

Caroline said...

Ditto what Robin Andrea said.

Sandcastle Momma said...

Bless his heart. I wish we could tell them to flee - find somewhere else to live. So sad.

lisa said...

It is a very sad state of affairs that is for sure!

jean said...

I don't know what to think anymore. How did we let this happen? What can we do to help?

Ava said...

It's all just very sad.

Lynn said...

Thank you for not showing that picture of the completely covered pelican. It literally makes me ill. Also am concerned with articles by scientists of what could happen. Trying to read between the lines of no information and conspiracy theories.

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cinbad122 said...

Took me awhile to see everything I have missed! And thanks for the shout out! :)

SophieMae said...

sigh

Miz S said...

Yeah, the "Drill Here, Drill Now" crap isn't working out that great, is it.

Unknown said...

Those where the days!

Thunder said...

Ouch!

I just heard that they estimate the flow rate at 100 B/day (4MM gal/day)now. SO with this being 63 days now that would make it 252,000,000 gallons of oil released in the gulf!

What happens to the water that this volume displaces?