This is scary, stressful new territory for a lot of folks (and even more birds). It poses major challenges and complications for staff as they try to manage birds in situations where they never have before. It can pose major behavior challenges for birds - are new holding areas safe? Are they large enough? What about the stress of being caught up and moved, perhaps into an unfamiliar environment in close proximity of other animals, vehicles, and other stressors? To say nothing of the impact that it could have in disrupting laying and nesting, which, of course, is what birds are primarily doing in the spring.
If there's a lesson to be learned from this, it's that we need to be smart about designing and incorporating safe holding spaces into all new construction to prepare for this and other potential future challenges.
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