I certainly will contact Fish & Wildlife--good idea to contact Cenex as well. And maybe the local (Admiralty) Audubon. Thanks for the suggestions, all!
Brenda Burnett
Seattle
Beaknbird at hotmail dot com
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From: ELIZABETH THOMPSON <calliopehb at comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 8:46:29 PM
To: Brenda Burnett
Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Disturbing swallows' nest (off topic?)

So, birding community in the Chimacum area, perhaps it would be nice to let the store manager know you are going to pass this information around and discontinue patronizing a business which has not regard for life and is in fact breaking the law by destroying an active bird nest. Brenda, they are family operated but are a franchise of Cenex. Perhaps make complaint to them. Also try to contact the Dept of Fish and Wildlife as a witness to the destruction of the nest based upon the information Carol Riddell shared on her post.
At the very least, make them think twice about doing this again.
Regards,
Beth Thompson
Arlington, WA

On Jun 23, 2016, at 8:31 PM, Brenda Burnett <beaknbird at hotmail.com<mailto:beaknbird at hotmail.com>> wrote:

It was the CHS NW Chimacum Store--I think it's the only feed-and-gas place around there. I will certainly be boycotting, but as that was my first time in there, the impact will be limited...
Brenda
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From: ELIZABETH THOMPSON <calliopehb at comcast.net<mailto:calliopehb at comcast.net>>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 6:16:54 PM
To: Brenda Burnett
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Disturbing swallows' nest (off topic?)

What store was it? I think a boycott is in order and a public outcry.
What jerks!
Regards,
Beth Thompson
Arlington WA
> On Jun 23, 2016, at 2:52 PM, Brenda Burnett <beaknbird at hotmail.com<mailto:beaknbird at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I was upset today while visiting a feed store in Chimacum--one that, ironically, sells wild bird food and feeders--to look out their window and see a man removing an active barn swallow nest from a light fixture in their attached gas station while changing out the lightbulb. The swallow parents were going nuts. I told the man at the cash register that what I was seeing was illegal and upsetting, and he shrugged and said that people "don't like them crapping on their cars." I then went out to talk the the guy doing the deed. He was unrepentant, saying "do you want it?" The nest had several young birds in it, feathered out but eyes closed still. He said it was a fire hazard having them in the light fixture, though I can't see how it was a fire hazard as long as the bulb was burned out but intact. He then set the nest on a nearby box, close to the ground and completely exposed to the weather/predators and said "There...safe and sound!"
>
> I was so upset that I didn't have the presence of mind to take photos or video of all this. And if I had, who would I have called to report it to? Fish and Wildlife? Does anyone know?
>
> Feeling as powerless as those poor babies...
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
> Brenda Burnett
> Seattle
> beaknbird at hotmail dot com
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