MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
Both knees, buddy.
BOTH.
BOTH.
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oldugly
ArboristSite Operative
Unfortunately I have had my share of collateral damage to wildlife, it is NEVER easy, but I had the strangest one ever about two weeks ago.
climbing to remove a soft maple over a house, I felt my spike slip a little bit, thought nothing of it and continued to climb. My son on the ground looks up at me about a minute later...What the Heck did you do to that bird?
I felt terrible but it seems I litterally spiked through a Robin's wing on the way up the tree. In twenty five years the first time I ever spiked into any wildlife. I still can't understand how that bird could have flown between my spike and the tree at that second. Must have been super depressed, and suicidal or something.
Earlier this year I discovered a nest of Flickers in a hollow ash I was removing. I turned them into the local wildlife rehab place. Last month they called to let me know that all of the babies had survived, and were released already.
climbing to remove a soft maple over a house, I felt my spike slip a little bit, thought nothing of it and continued to climb. My son on the ground looks up at me about a minute later...What the Heck did you do to that bird?
I felt terrible but it seems I litterally spiked through a Robin's wing on the way up the tree. In twenty five years the first time I ever spiked into any wildlife. I still can't understand how that bird could have flown between my spike and the tree at that second. Must have been super depressed, and suicidal or something.
Earlier this year I discovered a nest of Flickers in a hollow ash I was removing. I turned them into the local wildlife rehab place. Last month they called to let me know that all of the babies had survived, and were released already.
Nz orginally had birds, bats but no other ground mammals. Everything has been introduced so its fair game, especially the brush tailed possum which does more damage to NZ native forest every minute that every one of you if I let you loose with hotsaws. (they eat 20,000 tonnes of vegitation every night nz wide) Possums also do huge damage to the native bird population by taking eggs and chicks and competeting with ground birds for nests.
If you find one in the tree its fair game, your doing the enviroment and your profession a great favour, if you can get the furry maggot.
NZ is pretty good for hunting, any time of year you can hunt deer, pigs, goats, wallabes and of course possums.
If you find one in the tree its fair game, your doing the enviroment and your profession a great favour, if you can get the furry maggot.
NZ is pretty good for hunting, any time of year you can hunt deer, pigs, goats, wallabes and of course possums.
treeslayer
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today I dropped a big nasty hollow oak and began cutting the log while my ground man limbed. I rollrd over a butt section about 3'
long by 30" dia., and a bunch (5-6) of half grown gray squirrells rolled out. somehow I didn't cut any, but there were freaked out by the drop ( or the sudden stop at the end?). we rounded em up and moved them out of the way, and the homeowners f**cking dog on a chain came over and tore into them. killed 2 right in front of us.
only a few could run, and man they were gone up a tree quick.
My ground man grabbed a stick bout 4' long and went to the rescue. Right about this time the homeowner pulled in and the dog ran off to her. I asked mike what was the purpose of the stick, the squirrels were goners. I guess I thought he would pull them out of the way.
Nope. He said it was for the dog!
The homeowner said the squirrels deserved it for teasing the dog all the time.
I charged them $350 for an hours work.
Man, that bothered us all day.
except the $$$ part.
long by 30" dia., and a bunch (5-6) of half grown gray squirrells rolled out. somehow I didn't cut any, but there were freaked out by the drop ( or the sudden stop at the end?). we rounded em up and moved them out of the way, and the homeowners f**cking dog on a chain came over and tore into them. killed 2 right in front of us.
only a few could run, and man they were gone up a tree quick.
My ground man grabbed a stick bout 4' long and went to the rescue. Right about this time the homeowner pulled in and the dog ran off to her. I asked mike what was the purpose of the stick, the squirrels were goners. I guess I thought he would pull them out of the way.
Nope. He said it was for the dog!
The homeowner said the squirrels deserved it for teasing the dog all the time.
I charged them $350 for an hours work.
Man, that bothered us all day.
except the $$$ part.
MasterBlaster
TreeHouse Elder
That SUCKS, Treeslayer. But I guess it wasn't really the dogs fault - instinct, and all. That would bum me out all day;The $350 would help me feel a little better, though.
My son used to work for a tree trimmer after high school. He said one day the owner cut into a raccoon's nest in the tree hollow. I guess there was blood flying all over and baby coon's running everywhere. Must have been quite the horrible site. It would be hard to finish a job after something like that.
njarbor
ArboristSite Operative
just the other night i had to put my veiled chameleon down. he had metabolic bone disease that was too far developed and would not have been right again. i made the hard choice of putting him down. may not have been as bad as actually killing or hurting an animal but it was definately a devistating blow
rumination
ArboristSite Guru
must be tough trying to keep a chameleon alive in NJ. we've got jackson's chameleons in the forest here.
I found a rat's nest up in a tree one time in a big staghorn fern. I had cut halfway through the nest with my handsaw before I noticed the baby rat's, eyes still closed. I decided to leave the limb till the next day, see if the mama rat would move the babies after having the nest opened up. they were gone the next day, although I don't know the mama moved em or if they just fell out.
I hate dropping trees and then finding baby birds that have fallen out of nests in the top. there's usually not much you can do for them unless they're old enough to stand up on their own so that you can at least put them up on a branch somewhere.
I found a rat's nest up in a tree one time in a big staghorn fern. I had cut halfway through the nest with my handsaw before I noticed the baby rat's, eyes still closed. I decided to leave the limb till the next day, see if the mama rat would move the babies after having the nest opened up. they were gone the next day, although I don't know the mama moved em or if they just fell out.
I hate dropping trees and then finding baby birds that have fallen out of nests in the top. there's usually not much you can do for them unless they're old enough to stand up on their own so that you can at least put them up on a branch somewhere.
njarbor
ArboristSite Operative
its not too hard. i have a good setup but i think that this one was born with the disease. i am ordering another one form a breeder.
