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Starting too late because once it gets hot, thats worse for the birds. >> exactly. these birds that are mired in oil cant thermo regulate, thats what the feathers do, they heat and cool themselves by using their feathers. once that becomes oiled, they cant do that. >> the federal wildlife official i talked to said we have about 160 people here, some 50-odd boats, how many of those are on the water at any one time, he didnt say in it seems like one of the things holding people is the logistics. i...

Theyre not down there at dawn. >> youre saying theyre starting too late because once it gets hot, thats worse for the birds. >> exactly. these birds that are mired in oil cant thermo regulate, thats what the feathers do, they heat and cool themselves by using their feathers. once that becomes oiled, they cant do that. >> the federal wildlife official i talked to said we have about 160 people here, some 50-odd boats, how many of those are on the water at any one time, he didnt say in it seems lik...

Their feathers. once that becomes oiled, they cant do that. >> so what needs to happen. the federal wildlife official i talked to said we have about 160 people here, some 50-odd boats. how many of those boats are on the water at any one time? he didnt say. it seems like one of the things holding people is the logistics. it seems like theres a lot of volunteers who would love to be down here helping. >> i know hundreds of people who have experienced handling thousands of birds that would come dow...