ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Birds In Helping Hands has rescued several chicks, including great blue herons, from 7 nests that were cut down by tree trimming companies in the past week in Pinellas County, according to founder Shelley Vickery.
“It’s bad every year but I think it’s worse this year because the hurricanes compromised a lot of the trees,” she said. “We’ve had several casualties.”
Vickery said she took two baby great blue heron to the Seaside Seabird Sanctuary for rehabilitation. Avian Hospital Director Melissa Edwards said those herons are about 5 weeks old…