Owl Platforms Deployed
Suitable trees include tall pines, redwoods, cypress, or similar (no oaks). Trees must have clean, vertical trunks absent of power lines. Adjacent level ground suitable for a cherry picker to be towed to the tree's base is required.
Owl Platform Closeups
Great Horned Owl platforms are double-mounted to the tree trunk with an additional under platform support. A 200 lb dead weight stress test is applied to all installed platforms.
Platform Deployment Action Shots
Check out the Carmel Owls' volunteer team consisting of a cherry picker tow driver and navigator, picker foreman, picker bucket operator, site supervisor, safety officer, traffic safety crew and drone operator.
Full safety protocols are enforced including 72 hour 'No Parking' traffic cones, fluorescent traffic vests, safety helmets, and a bucket operator safety harness.
Once the cherry picker is correctly positioned, its parking brake is engaged, the safety chocks are deployed, and the trailer is detached from the tow vehicle. The hydraulic outrigger legs are extended and the picker is auto-leveled.
Next, the boom is released with a multitude of tools and the owl platform (with nesting material) loaded into the picker bucket. A short ladder is required to reach the bucket.
Boom control is handed over from the foreman to the bucket operator. The bucket can be moved in a three dimensional space within a predetermined spatial envelope using a video game-like hand controller.
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