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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pete Mella" data-source="post: 1858756" data-attributes="member: 47236">I don't agree - as I've already said I could have put my words with a bit less hostility, but my points still stand. If I've read Canadian law correctly (and I must admit it's based a few minute's Googling, so I'm willing to be put right here) migratory species such as phoebes are protected, and legal permits are required to disturb their nests. Perhaps there were extenuating circumstances that meant this barn really couldn't wait a few weeks to be demolished, and perhaps permits were acquired and it was all above board.But the fact that the OP had to come on a forum to ask about the consequences after the event made me suspect otherwise - if advice had been sought before the demolition as to the rights and wrongs of it then I suspect they'd have also received advice how to minimise the damage, and wouldn't have needed to trawl the internet for answers.Also, they weren't asking for ways to undo their damage. They've done what they've done, and they're looking for people to tell them everything will be OK. Well it won't - the birds probably won't find the old nest, and it's lucky they're restarting a new one, with a breeding attempt that may not be at the optimum time for them.I don't really know the situation in the USA and Canada, but I live in a country where people are prosecuted for removing active martin nests from their eaves, for example. I'm sure many projects happen where nests are quietly swept in the bin, but they shouldn't.I make no apologies for caring more about birds' welfare than a man's barn. If that makes me self-righteous then so be it. And at this time of year, with breeding birds around at times when people may be wanting to undertake building work, it pays to remind anyone searching this forum for answers that no, in many cases simply destroying inconvenient nests isn't something you can do.</blockquote>

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