My daughter Ciara, age 5, spotted ospreys building their nest over three weeks ago on a PG&E pole top on Copper Cove Drive just past Sawmill. Everyday on our way to and from school we would watch the progress! Ciara loves wildlife and really all animals. She has made donations to save the tiger for all of her five years. She knows the difference between ospreys, hawks, eagles, egrets, blue herons and more of all the birds around where we live. We also get such enjoyment of the eagles and Lorenz nesting on platforms around lake Tulloch.
So I called PGE to put up a platform for the birds to both protect the birds and the lines about a week and a half ago. Instead we were devastated to find the nest torn down with fluff and grass inside. Those birds had been nesting. I then called Channel Three on my side, and PGE. We were angry that this was done backwards. Instead of protecting the birds by placing the platform and then moving the nest, they chose to tear it down. The excuse given by Sal @ Angels Camp PGE was to site safety to line and bird. However, since the new platform was to be put up there was no reason they could not have waited the one day it took to install the platform and transferred the nest instead of tearing it down!!!!! So the day of the tear down my daughter drew this heartbreaking picture!
three weeks ago
nest remains on the ground
osprey perching on the next pole
I hope this is not an example of how the Aviation Protection Plan is supposed to work.
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