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One of the fawns made themselves right at home in the construction fencing at the Destination Project.
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Fish and Wildlife officer Corey Craig carrying a fawn to reunite with it's mother.
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The Mallard duck nest which was discovered near the Destination Project excavation site.
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The perimeter and secure fencing which PCL Construction Management and 免费福利资源在线看片 project staff set up to ensure the expectant Mallard mother was safe and not disturbed.
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The Mallard and her ducklings making their way down to the river after project staff cleared a safe route out for them.
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The Mallard and her ducklings making their way down to the river after project staff cleared a safe route out for them.
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Some of the campus鈥� most curious residents decided to stop by the Destination Project construction site recently to see if they could lend a helping hoof. Three new deer fawns were found to be making themselves comfortable in the site鈥檚 construction fencing after escaping the watchful eye of their mothers.
Destination Project coordinator, Nicole Bach said while the fresh little fawns were definitely the cutest addition to the project鈥檚 team, they were relieved of their duties soon after they were discovered.
鈥淚 phoned Fish and Wildlife services and Officer Corey Craig came out to the site. Officer Craig took over from there and was able to capture and carry out each of the fawns and reunite them with their moms鈥� said Bach.
PCL construction staff and Fish and Wildlife worked with great care and interest to ensure the construction fencing was moved to allow the fawns an easy path out of the site. PCL Superintendent Daryl Campbell says while the 免费福利资源在线看片 and PCL take every measure to ensure that wildlife is protected from the site, sometimes curiosity gets the better of some of the animals on campus.
鈥淲e work on very diverse projects throughout the province and throughout the country as well as North America. In all of those areas we have different habitats that we have to work with and it鈥檚 certainly a priority of ours to ensure that we鈥檙e symbiotic with nature in terms of what we鈥檙e trying to achieve,鈥� says Campbell. 鈥淲e have a job to do but from an environmental point of view, it鈥檚 paramount to us to ensure that we have the least amount of impact on the environment that we can.鈥�
The very same week a feathered expectant mother was also discovered to be making herself right at home on the site. A Mallard duck was found nesting with 11 eggs firmly under her protective watch. The Destination Project鈥檚 excavation area fell just short of where the duck had made her nest and yet again project staff came to the rescue. After Fish and Wildlife identified the duck was indeed a Mallard, the soon-to-be mother was given a wide berth and lots of room to relax and wait for her ducklings鈥� hatch.
鈥淔ish and Wildlife said the ducklings would take a few weeks to hatch so PCL just took over and said they encounter this type of situation all the time,鈥� said Bach. 鈥淣ot only did PCL enclose the space they also added a perimeter fence inside of it with red tape to ensure people knew to leave the area alone. They were just wonderful about it, to see these big, burly guys taking such care around this little duck and her eggs was so cute.鈥�
When the construction crew noticed the duck moving around and away from her nest, Bach followed the new mother around to find 10 ducklings following in a neat little line behind her. 听Bach then worked to ensure there was a clear and safe path out of the construction zone so the ducks could find their way down to the river. The new little family of 11 were seen enjoying their new surroundings and splashing about safe and sound in the Oldman River shortly afterwards.
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