Help! Nesting info urgently needed!

There's a bridge at the edge of my property scheduled for replacement this summer. The county has already informed me that ALL the large trees in their right-of-way are going, as the highway will be widened and 100' of guard rail will be placed at each end of the bridge. I'm sick! I'll be losing perhaps 24-30 large trees. Most are cedar, but there's also a fir, a couple apple, willow, ash and alder. They will all be replaced (with 2-3' trees, some replacement!) at some point after the new bridge is in, but my concern is nesting birds. If you can tell me when the earliest nesting should begin in my area, I'd be grateful for the info. If those trees must go, I want it done before then.

Keep in mind that I have the first Oak Titmouse for the county here. Gosh, I don't want to lose them!

I'm so sorry to hear this tiger. So far I can't get any info but I'll keep looking.

I was only trying to help. 0(

This message was edited Feb 21, 2011 9:28 PM

My concern is that if they don't remove them soon there might be nests in use. I don't want to lose eggs or nestlings because they wait to long. I'm sure the county or their contractors will be giving little, if any, thought to that sort of thing.

I will be making contact with the engineer as soon as the holiday is over.

Tiger, have you thought of contacting your local Audubon Society for help? I tried to find one for Tiller, but the Portland society kept coming up. Here's their email addies-(I'd start with the Admin. Director at the top of the list)
http://audubonportland.org/about/our-staff

Also, here's phone numbers for the chapters in Oregon-start calling them for help.
http://audubonportland.org/local-birding/oregon-audubon-chapters

Also, do you have swallows that build nests on the underside of the bridge?

This message was edited Feb 21, 2011 9:55 PM

At a rough guess, I'd say early nesting birds will be starting around early to mid March.

Resin

Good news, I suppose. I still hate losing the trees, but the county agreed they should come down before the nesting begins. Trees are to be cut tomorrow.

That is great news tiger! This way there is no worrying about disturbing nestings.

You must be gutted, tiger. The only redeeming factor is that the birds won't have nested there.

Well, my beautiful trees are gone now, and the migrants have yet to arrive. The county will allow me to choose the species and size (within limits, of course) to be used for replacement. And, replacement trees can be planted outside their right-of-way, so perhaps someone else won't have to deal with this in the future.