Gulf Coast oil disaster: Photos

A worker carries a rescued bird along the coast of Grand Isle, Louisiana on Tuesday, June 8.

Katie Maxey enjoys Pensacola Beach in Pensacola, Florida, on Monday, June 7, as workers continue clearing the beach of oil residue from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Workers clear the beach of oil residue on Pensacola Beach on Monday.

Crews in Tyvek jumpsuits toil in 90-degree-plus heat and stifling humidity to clear oil one shovelful at a time from the beach at Grande Isle State Park, Louisiana, on Sunday, June 6.

Chris Slick, center, and others protest in front of a BP gas station Sunday in Pensacola.

Crews use a giant vacuum truck on Sunday to remove globs of oil from the sand in Grande Isle.

Orange-black pools of oil and tar coat the beaches of Grande Isle after high tide Saturday.

Sticky, brown oil globs wash up on the white sand beaches of Pensacola on Saturday.