There are all kinds of little gadgets they make for the poles and equipment on them. From plastic covers to spike strips. Bein they they are a specialty item the cost a good chunk of change. Where we have equipment on a pole w put a lot of bird guard stuff on it. But on just a typical pole we don’t really install a bunch of bird protective stuff. One thing that has been helping is instead of using 2 arms like in the photos, which create a good space for the nest to sit. We have went to a single fiberglass arm to make it more difficult to build a nest. So as we replace poles and repair them, we try to eliminate any possible nesting areas. Yet they still find a way to get their beaks in the electrical business on way or another. I will be in one of our substations tomorrow and I will show you some of the bird guard and spike we put up. It took an estimated week with 4 guys to install all of it. Heat shrink tubing the works. It actually looks pretty nice.

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