three years of age and they're sexually mature so those are the nesting birds and they're the ones that have chicks and so on. >> and then will you -- will they be rereleased into the wild? >> yes. they're ready. >> where will they re-release them? >> the u.s. department of fish and wildlife are releasing them in florida and move them as far away as possible from the oil. so they're going to start getting some of these out on sunday. >> what's so devastating and people don't realize is these birds were just taken off the endangered species list just last year. it must be a punch in the gut for you. >> yeah. it is for everyone. it was this incredible conservation effort where they brought chicks from florida years ago and built the whole colonies and now impacted, and every adult here that you see represents its young that probably will not survive because they need to have these to feed their babies. >> i read i think a statistic in "the new york times" and i might
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