Subject: Fw: Need bird nest help - time urgent
Date: Jun 29 16:33:40 2004
From: Dawn Bailey - dawnsdog at rainierconnect.com


Need bird nest help - time urgent
would gulls be under the migratory bird treaty? and is it still applicable? the treaty states you cannot for any reason disturb a bird, nest, young etc.....

but I do not know about gulls vs a song bird????

anyone?

Dawn Bailey
Eatonville, WA
mailto:dawnsdog at rainierconnect.com

"Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

~Elie Wiesel



----- Original Message -----
From: Franny Drobny
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 4:00 PM
Subject: Need bird nest help - time urgent


Tweeters:

I work in a law firm in a 5 story brick building in Pioneer Square. On our roof, we have a large deck with railing around it. On the side of the roof next to the railing, a Glaucous-winged gull has built a nest and has laid a few eggs. Here's the problem: Our firm plans to have several events up on the deck with food and large groups of people. Once the eggs hatch, we anticipate that the mother gull will dive bomb people on the deck to keep them away from her young. This has happened to me at my condo, and also other people in our office have had the same happen at their places. Our firm is trying to figure out how to get rid of the gull and nest, so people won't be dive bombed. They don't want to call some type of animal/pest removal service and have the nest and eggs destroyed, so we are seeking some kind of alternative to remove the nest and birds without destroying them. Does such an alternative exist? Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. We are in a dilemma and don't know what to do.

Franny Drobny

Seattle, Washington

fdrobny at cairncross.com