onearth.org / A piece for OnEarth Magazine.

Brown pelicans on the Gulf Coast are threatened as oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster invades their habitat and nesting grounds. But at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana, pelicans rescued from the oil-slicked waters are getting another chance at survival. Follow a group of birds through the oil-cleaning process and see what it takes to help return them to the wild -- if they can be saved.