Thousands of baby pelicans grunt and hiss at their parents in tightly packed nests on Gaillard Island, a feathered paradise situated off the coast of Alabama.

The 1,300-acre, man-made island is hosting more than 50,000 birds this summer as nesting pairs gather to raise babies.

The fund BP set up to deal with compensation claims after last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill is working too slowly, U.S.