Comments on: Why Don’t They Just Move? http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2013/01/08/why-dont-they-just-move/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kate St. John http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2013/01/08/why-dont-they-just-move/comment-page-1/#comment-21587 Kate St. John Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:50:31 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=61214#comment-21587 Good question: “Exactly which tree would that be?”

]]> By: Rob Protz http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2013/01/08/why-dont-they-just-move/comment-page-1/#comment-21586 Rob Protz Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:47:22 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=61214#comment-21586 This reminds me of the time I had to call the USFWS because somebody at the boat docks in Brackenridge was planning to cut down a dead sycamore that was home to a Yellow-shafted Flicker nest. And they even had permission from the borough!

When I called the USFWS office – located in Massachusetts of all places! – the woman I talked to said “Well, they’ll just move to the next tree!” (Believe it or not!) To which I of course replied: “And exactly which tree would that be; how many trees suitable for flicker nests do you think we have?”

She didn’t have much to say in response, but it worked, because they left the tree alone, and we had a successful nest. Until that is the tree fell down on its own the following winter. But as least I saved it for one nesting season.

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