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OT is this worth pursuing? #2778024 05/25/20 12:04 PM 05/25/20 12:04 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 22,696 Bitopia J jcc OP If you can't dazzle em with diamonds..
jcc OP If you can't dazzle em with diamonds.. J Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 22,696 Bitopia	So I'm an across the board wildlife supporter. I recently noticed on my daily bike rides, a woodpecker "nest" in a HV utility powerline out in the country that only feeds the municipality's two main water supply wells. There were two woodpeckers last time I saw it, one inside looking out, the other inches away. The nest is under the powerlines, about 2/3 way up the pole. It's a treated fairly new pole. The nest has to weaken the pole. How much, since I have no idea how large the internal cavity is. There is not visible pole ID tag I saw as I rode. by. If pole collapsed in a hurricane, local water plant would be on generators. I have reported similar concerns in the past, and usually get steered in a circle, and its a future concern not immediate, typical bureaucracy run around. So the main question, does an occupied woodpecker nest compromise a HV important utility pole? Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.

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