Crews maintain bird’s nest during pole replacement in Royston
For the most part, replacing a pole that has reached end-of-life is a fairly standard practice for BC Hydro crews. Recently in the Royston area, this standard practice turned out to be not-so-standard.
While preparing for the pole replacement, the Courtenay District line crew discovered a family of small nesting birds that called the pole top home. They exercised ingenuity installing a new pole while maintaining the old pole top and nest in place.
The crew agreed that it was a win-win. They replaced aging infrastructure and kept a place for the birds to call home.
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