Gulf Oil Disaster-Oiled Feather on Boom. Oil saturated feather and partially dry oil are just above the water line on a “hard” rubber boom anchored around a small unnamed bayou with a large bird population in Bartaria Bay, La., on June 23, 2010. Captions And Photo source: ©© Lance Cheung
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Nearly five million Migratory birds from Canada are now winging their way south across North America, and many of them could be in for a nasty shock when they reach the oily marshes and beaches along the Gulf Coast…