A young heron sits dying amidst oil splattering underneath mangrove on an island impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Barataria Bay, just inside the the coast of Lousiana, Sunday, May 23, 2010. The is home to hundreds of herons, brown pelicans, terns, gulls and roseate spoonbills. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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As spill grows, oil soaks delicate marshes, birds

• By ncs-import
• May 23, 2010