OT is this worth pursuing?
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05/25/20 12:04 PM
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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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Re: OT is this worth pursuing?
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#2778940
05/27/20 11:35 PM
05/27/20 11:35 PM
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To answer the OP's question, yeah...the bird hole will weaken the pole somewhat. It will only matter if the line falls on 1 side or the other of the pole with the bird hole. When the weight of the wire on the opposite side pulls everything in that direction, the bird hole pole snaps like a twig! Then...second 70 and I will get paid triple double overtime and a half to go fix it! Just kidding.....we're both too damn old to be doing transmission work! I've been doing line work for 42 years. I worked transmission for 3 years in the mid 80's, and when we had peckerwood nests, we would nail bird wire over the hole. It worked so well that the wood peckers would move to another pole and beat a hole in it! Next time you go by the pole, stop and take a pic and e mail it to your power company with an address. They will go look at it and determine how critical it is. I think the OP lives in FL? If the pole belongs to Dook Energy......don't look for it to get replaced anytime soon!
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Re: OT is this worth pursuing?
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#2778960
05/28/20 01:56 AM
05/28/20 01:56 AM
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Mr PotatoHead
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You should use your excellent skills and construct them a habitat that you can move that and them into your home for year round enjoyment.
STOP POTATO HATE!
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Re: OT is this worth pursuing?
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#2778961
05/28/20 02:05 AM
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If you don't tell them they can't take action, can they I've seen joint local power and telephone poles so full of holes I wouldn't climb them, I had to get a bucket truck to work on that terminal that day. It took a little over 30 days for our engineers and construction dept. to change it out back in the late 1990s, BTW our company didn't have pole inspectors, they relied on the employees to take action on bad poles I use my pellet gun on woodpeckers on my house, I have over 40 trees on the property here that they can feed and nest in with out me taking them out There good as long as their not pecking holes in my wood sided house
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Re: OT is this worth pursuing?
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05/28/20 01:17 PM
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I bumped into the wife of a local FPL lineman, and mentioned the situation to her, way outside her expertise, but she quickly mentioned, Florida Power & Light will quickly replace the pole. which stands to reason, since I can't ever remember a pole in my region of Florida with a Woopecker nest. Being they are currently doing line/pole upgrades in the area for the next 4? years that she shared, I marked the pole today with flagging tape, and will at least report it, being we are days away from Hurricane season, and its the only feed to the local municipality's city water wells.
I'll name the relocated woodpeckers Mr & Mrs Potatohead.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: OT is this worth pursuing?
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05/28/20 03:04 PM
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I bumped into the wife of a local FPL lineman, and mentioned the situation to her, way outside her expertise, but she quickly mentioned, Florida Power & Light will quickly replace the pole. which stands to reason, since I can't ever remember a pole in my region of Florida with a Woopecker nest. Being they are currently doing line/pole upgrades in the area for the next 4? years that she shared, I marked the pole today with flagging tape, and will at least report it, being we are days away from Hurricane season, and its the only feed to the local municipality's city water wells.
I'll name the relocated woodpeckers Mr & Mrs Potatohead. ^^^^^^^^^^ Now that there is funny!!
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