Gulf Coast oil disaster: Photos

A heron fishes from a newly deployed oil boom on Monday, June 21, 2010 of Okaloosa Island.

A group of pelicans sit on a dredging hose in Barataria Bay Saturday, June 19, 2010 near Port Sulpher, Louisiana.

Oil clouds the surface of Barataria Bay on Saturday.

Controlled oil burns create thick plumes of smoke near the site of the Deepwater Horizon rig on Saturday.

Collected gas and oil is burned aboard the Discoverer Enterprise oil rig.

Plaquemines Parish Coastal Zone Management Director P. J. Hahn holds up an oil-stained Sandwich Tern in Long Bay on Saturday.

The Tern was brought to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for rehabilitation.

Oil collects between booms in Bataria Bay on Saturday near Grand Isle, Louisiana.