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It destroys their waterproofing. dawn is absolutely essential to the wash process we use tons of it. i was surprised that they use something that i use at home to wash the oil off the birds. it's a wonderful feeling to be able to say that i helped return this bird back to the wild. i love wildlife, how do you love wildlife? soccer. top chef. soccer.
Special enclosure with birds that have been pretreated and in about a half hour to hour's time they'll pull that same bird out and begin the wash process. >> they literally have to work inside the bird's mouth? >> inside the bird's mouth, yep. we try to wash -- these birds are preening if you watch in the bin. they try to clean their feathers. >> cleaning themselves? >> trying to comb the feathers and straighten and realign themselves to be waterproof and get the oil off of them and ingested some and want to clean as much oil from inside the bill and the mouth and the pouch and so, it's much i...
To wash this bird. >> you put that all over the sfwhird. >> correct. they put that all over the birdment then typically they put that in a special enclosure with birds that have been pretreated. and in a half hour to an hour's time, they'll pull that same bird out and begin the wash process. >> they literally have to wash inside the bird's mouth? >> inside the bird's mouth, yep. they've been cleaning. they've been trying to clean their feathers. they're trying to comb the feathers and straighten and realign the feathers to get themselves waterproof and get the oil off of them. so they've inges...
Here? right here, what's the process for cleaning? >> he is just beginning to process the bird. they'll get a good look at it. basically get the wings held together. to keep it safe. and then, this is actually a pretreating process. >> what does that do? >> it loosens the oil. it makes it much softer. the oil is weathered and fairly dry and that basically breaks down the oil and easier to wash the bird. >> all over the bird? >> correct. all over the bird and typically what they'll do is put that in a special enclosure with birds pretreated and in about a half hour to hour's time they'll pull t...
>> what does that do? >> it loosens the oil. it makes it much softer. the oil is weathered and fairly dry and that basically breaks down the oil and easier to wash the bird. >> all over the bird? >> correct. all over the bird and typically what they'll do is put that in a special enclosure with birds pretreated and in about a half hour to hour's time they'll pull that same bird out and begin the wash process. >> they literally have to work inside the bird's mouth? >> yep. we try to wash -- these birds are preening if you watch in the bin. they try to clean their feathers. >> cleaning themselve...