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Results
of Untimely Tree Trimming |
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| The nest in this
eucalyptus tree (a full 2 days earlier) was active and contained
three young Cooper's Hawk nestlings when it was trimmed/butchered! |
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| This was the result
of tree trimming work that was scheduled during the middle of
the breeding season. Incidents like this have become increasingly
more common in urban landscapes throughout Orange County and
other areas of Southern California. |
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| There were three
Cooper's Hawk chicks below the adult in the nest that were about
3 to 3 1/2 weeks old. while the tree was being trimmed, the
adult hawks buzzed the tree trimmers and the chicks helplessly
hunkered down. The tree trimmers were satisfied that they left
the nest intact. Of course it was both irresponsible and thoughtless
to trim this tree with birds so obviously in harm's way, and
in spite of the fact that the nest was left in place, it was
rendered completely unprotected from predators and the sun.
The chicks did not survive, despite the fact that the adult
hawks stayed for some time trying to brood and feed the young. |
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| This picture clearly
illustrates a major problem for birds, but what we don't see
are the untold thousands of small nests that are destroyed each
year with eggs and/or nestlings in them. Just imagine if this
large nest did not elicit enough common sense to stop the trimming,
what happens to the smaller songbird nests every spring! |
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