Franny,
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the obvious... Have one of the lawyers in your office investigate the legality of disturbing a migratory bird nest. Two agencies have regulations regarding bird nests, US Fish and Wildlife and WA Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Greg
Greg Toffic
Curator of Birds and Invertebrates
Woodland Park Zoo
601 N. 59th. St.
Seattle, WA 98103
206-684-4836 (desk)
206-233-7278 (fax)
greg.toffic at zoo.org



-----Original Message-----
From: Franny Drobny [mailto:fdrobny at cairncross.com]
Sent: 29 June, 2004 4:00 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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

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