Latest on spill landfall: Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico hits coast with pelicans, otters, fragile marsh in path | al.com

Latest on spill landfall: Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico hits coast with pelicans, otters, fragile marsh in path | al.com: "Oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico was starting to ooze ashore, threatening migrating birds, nesting pelicans and even river otters and mink along Louisiana's fragile islands and barrier marshes.

Crews in boats were patrolling coastal marshes early today looking for areas where the oil has flowed in, the Coast Guard said."