Saving the Bird Nest

Last Friday I had to go to work. It was cold and rainy, but we had to save the bird nest. It seems that an Osprey had decided to build a new home on top of a highline power poll. It was right smack in the middle of 2 insulators, which is needless to say a very bad spot to build a new home. There is a great danger to the bird and could also cause a lot of people to be out of power, if the bird is unlucky enough to get caught in the hot wires. Instant grilled bird and a loss of power. The power company set out to save the day, it was a major production. Line truck, giant crane, jumper wires, 4 guys and 2 flaggers set out to save the day for the said Osprey.







The guys took a special platform, made just for this reason, out and preceded to put it up on top of the pole. Boy did we have 2 pissed off birds, they were flying all around and swooping in and out and chattering at the top of there lungs trying to scare the guys away, little did they know it was all for there on good.





After they finished putting up the platform, they moved the nest to the top of it. Then cleaned out the mess in between the insulators and all was well. They were happy and the birds were pleased with the new home.




PS the birds had already returned with more twigs and were busy building again before we left.

My pics are straight out of the camera, so I hope you can see the details.