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Springtime Tree Cutting and Wildlife

10,000 Birds

Volunteer Moya Kinnealy reached in nearly to her elbow and removed four tiny Red-bellied Woodpeckers. Their parents had bored a hole deep enough into the tree’s trunk to keep the babies warm and safe from a hawk’s talons or the reach of a raccoon,” said Michele. . Two families were split up and made homeless by the cutting of one tree.

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