delta 1063, that would be great. let you know our stats for delta 1063. we have 179 souls on board. reporter: number of planes colliding with birds and other wildlife is on the rise. last year there were 10,000 such incidents compared with only 1793 in 1990. experts say there are a few reasons to the spike. due to conservation there sin crease in bird population there is increase it aviation. quieter planes don t scare wildlife. that is part of the problem. and better reporting. that is one reason we re hearing more about these incidents. bird strikes that might have been ignored in the past are now reported simply greater awareness of the problem especially after in 2009 a us airways flight hit a flock of geese and landed in the hudson river. we all remember that. while there were no injuries yesterday, since 1988, 219 people have been killed because of aircraft colliding with birds and other wildlife.
turtle and mammal straining network is ready to go. as of last night there was no related see turtle strandings or injuries due to the oil. but you expect that to change? we hope that it doesn t change. but we expect the worst and we will be prepared for it. how can 2 00,000 gallons of crude oil gush into the watt area and not make a major impact? what are we talking about the terms of toxicity and the long term effects on the region? ken? can you hear me? oh, i m sorry. yes. the timing couldn t be worse for the bird population in this region. it s the peak nesting season for thousands of brown pelicans which have recently come off the endangered species list. birds all along the coastline on the beaches and in the coastal
national guardsmen that will be deployed to the area to help out. governor jindal, one of his top concerns. it is impacting on our coastal ecosystems. impact our fisheries an impact our bird population. essentially adds an impact on our populated areas as well. reporter: 5,000. 5,000 is the number of barrels, of oil, they guesstimated coming out from 5,000 feet below the surface, the water throughout in the gulf of mexico. to combat the threat of that trying to protect life, take a look at this video of the protectedive boons set up. roughly 217,000 out not just here in louisiana but across the gulf coast. another 300,000 feet of protectsive boon that will be soon to point also, dwloog they can to hold this back. the reason why? look at this picture. one of the things they re trying to protect, obviously, the wildlife, perhaps you can hear some of them screeching in the
fisheries, bird population. potentially. going to have an impact on the populated areas, as well. reporter: ni don t want to give a false sense of security. the oil can come close and very vulnerable to this. what they have done is already put out about 217,000 feet of that protectedive boom. nearly 300,000 additional feet to possibly deploy in the coming days and it is not just for this region, guys. we are talking about places around the gulf coast. mississippi, alabama, into florida. there have been reports of people being able to smell, smell the oil from these great distances. and i can tell you, right now that the parrish president billy noneguesser saying it takes maximum effort to combat the oil. as the oil comes ashore, we ll set different crews out there with the support of bp.
coming in and out of this area. i just overheard, i think, a fisherman, just a few feet away from me. he just kind of put his hands to his head and said, this is just terrible. a lot of these men have been out in the gulf today. they ve seen the oil spill. they see how close it s getting to this area. and other areas along the gulf coast. and they re extremely worried about this. this is their livelihood. this is how they make money. it s obviously a place they care about. thousands of people are doing what they can to try and contain this mess. it s proving to be very difficult to do. the massive oil slick is targeting the mississippi and louisiana coast, work to contain the spill the size of jamaica continues at a frantic pace. louisiana governor bobby jindal declared a state of emergency warning the oil spill could have devastating effects. it is going to have an impact on our coastal eco systems. that s going to impact our fisheries and our bird