JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two Pileated Woodpecker chicks are getting ready to emerge from their nest on an Atlantic Beach utility pole after a JEA crew saved a woodpecker nest last year, a JEA news release states.
JEA took special care of a woodpecker nest when replacing a damaged pole at the corner of 10th Street and Seminole Road in Atlantic Beach in April 2021, the news release states.
The pole’s damage stemmed from woodpeckers drilling in the top of the wooden pole just below the main transmission lines. According to the news release, throughout the year, JEA works to ensure the protection of wildlife and their habitats while serving our growing region’s water, sewer and electric needs. And in this case, our line workers made sure to protect the home created by woodpeckers, a protected species. When the JEA crew installed a replacement pole, they bolted the woodpeckers’ home to the new pole before cutting off the old pole, the news release states.
