They don't fly to an area. They are established, so we know they caught the virus in this area.

It's a big cause of concern. We haven't seen water like this since El Nino.

With all this rain and the wet weather, we already have mosquitoes developing and adults flying. There are eight positive birds in the state and half of them are here.

We're looking at it probably being worse. This will be our second real serious year.

We believe this year will be worse because the virus is already established. Last year, Sacramento was hit hard, and now Santa Clara County has the most infected birds in the state so far.

What we've backed away from at this point is the use of a proprietary standard and we want standards that are published and free of legal encumbrances, and we don't want two standards,