Workers hired by BP rake up globs of oil which have come ashore on the beaches in southern Louisiana, near Port Fourchon and Grand Isle. It coats the beaches and each wave brings a new batch. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
At Grand Isle State Park where the oil spill has come ashore, a sick laughing gull is unable to fly. It died overnight and was removed in the morning by authorities. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Workers hired by BP continue to clean the beaches in southern Louisiana near Port Fourchon and Grand Isle. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
A biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service takes the GPS coordinates of an oil-covered dead bird on the beach near Grand Isle, La. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
A cleanup crew hired by BP works on a beach in southern Louisiana. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Terrance Castlle of Houma, La., wipes the sweat off his head soon after beginning the cleanup of oil on a beach near Grand Isle. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
