Brown Pelicans cleaned during the oil spill were banded with red and pink leg bands for identification. The rocks along the Calcasieu River are excellent for searching through pelicans for bands, and the codes are large enough to read in photographs. A number of red banded birds were released on near by Rabbit Island after cleaning. Article with photo's can be found at the following link for the August 12th edition of the Cameron Pilot newspaper.
http://www.dequincynews.com/pilot/cam_8_12/page_1.pdf