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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. The birds were living like city apartment dwellers … the upstairs neighbors were the woodpeckers, downstairs were the screech owls. Two families were split up and made homeless by the cutting of one tree. Sounds like a sitcom!

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