Monterey County SPCA officials urge care with trimming trees amid nesting season

Holding off on trimming trees for another few weeks until after baby bird season could save countless birds, according to officials with the SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center.

The center recently took in a group of baby hummingbirds, which officials said are typically the first baby birds to be rescued each spring, in part because of their small size. This season, they join three other baby birds — one hummingbird, one dove and one Great Horned Owl nestling — being cared for at the center until they can be released back into the wild.