Retired U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, national incident commander for the Deepwater Horizon response, along with Jay Holcomb from the International Bird Rescue Research Center, tour the Brown Pelican rehabilitation section of the Hammond Bird Rehabilitation Facility, Aug. 12, 2010. After birds affected by the oil spill are brought into the facility, they are cleaned, fed, monitored and released back into wild once they have been rehabilitated and strong enough to survive on their own. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas M. Blue.)