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Gerrit Vyn is a conservation and wildlife photographer and cinematographer dedicated to telling the stories of endangered animals and habitats. He is a producer for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and a fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers

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Hundreds of juvenile Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) like these were oiled in their largest Louisiana nesting colony on Raccoon Island. Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. July 2010.
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Hundreds of juvenile Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) like these were oiled in their largest Louisiana nesting colony on Raccoon Island. Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. July 2010.

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