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Days. anderson reported on the disaster for months, and this week at "360" we're going to bring you special reports from the gulf to show you recovery a year later. tonight, a look at the birds caught in the spill. it's estimated that between 6 and 7,000 birds were killed, many of them coated in oil. thousands more were injured. there's a new hbo documentary that shows the effort to rescue one of those birds, a brown pelican. here's a preview of "saving pelican 895." >> we don't name him, we learn quickly in this field not do to do that because you get too easily attached to them and something...

Thousands more were injured. there's a new hbo documentary that shows the effort to rescue one of those birds, a brown pelican. here's a preview of "saving pelican 895." >> we don't name him, we learn quickly in this field not do to do that because you get too easily attached to them and something happens that they don't, the outcome isn't good, it's much harder to deal with if you know them personally. his number is 895, or the 895th bird brought in live oil to louisiana. >> "saving pelican 895" airs wednesday night april 29th on hbo. joining me now, the filmmaker, irene brodsky. first and fo...

Just sort of lugging into the gulf. and you tell the story that is such a narrow thread, one single bird. why focus on bird? >> well, i think we all saw these images and they were so overwhelming and so tragic and so sad. and you know the head of hbo doc film called me last year in portland, oregon, and said, what if you went down to the gulf and tried to make a film about one bird, do you think we can do it? i think we both thought if we could distill the stories of all those birds in one life, we might have something. >> was it hard to get one bird? was it hard to getting access to one bird?...

He is representative of both the destruction and the hope. and i'm not giving away the ending by saying that because i think there are parts of his experience being rehabilitated, moments of it even when you see he's doing okay that are just -- it just doesn't look right to see a bird have to go through something like this and just to be in captivity, it's easy to forget that even being in captivity, even though there are all of these watchful eyes and everyone is trying to take care and rehabilitate these birds. it's very traumatic for these birds being handled. when we made the film we made ...

That shows the effort to rescue one of those birds, a brown pelican. here's a preview of "saving pelican 895." >> we don't name them, we learn quickly in this field not do to do that because you get too easily attached to them and something happens that they don't, the outcome isn't good, it's much harder to deal with if you know them personally. his number is 895, or the 895th bird brought in live oil to louisiana. >> "saving pelican 895" airs wednesday night april 29th on hbo. joining me now, the filmmaker, irene brodsky. first and foremost, it's so interesting to see a story that's so big, ...