Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, via NPR: “That pelicans have become such a visible victim of the BP spill is particularly poignant because the pesticide DDT almost drove them to extinction in the 1960s. Last year, they finally graduated from the endangered species list…Nearly 400 oil-covered live birds have been picked up — most within the past several days — since the BP well started spewing on April 20. More than 600 dead birds have also been found, according to statistics from the Federal Fish and Wildlife Service. Biologists fear it could get much worse if currents or a storm push more of the spill toward the coast.”