The other day i took down a Washingtonia, the head was full of pigeons(and pigeon crap).
After it had hit the ground i found 4 baby pigeons who were too young to fly away. (i dont know how they survived the 12metre fall to be honest)
Now while i think of pigeons as being "rats with feathers" it's not the birds fault that i destroyed their home.
Obviously the little guys are pretty much doomed, as the parents wont come back, and there was nowhere else to put them.
I dont have the heart to just wring their necks, so i took them to the Animal Welfare League.
As they are not a native species the AWL euthanaise them humanely.
This is still not a very nice option, but better than leaving them under a bush for a cat or ants to get.
(My previous employer would throw them straight through the chipper)
What do you guys do?