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Every summer, Google’s campus is for the birds

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The work starts in spring. Before nesting begins, we stop mowing the lawn underneath the sycamore trees. Signs are posted alerting nearby Googlers and other visitors to the area of upcoming road closures. In addition to suspending shuttle and car traffic from May to September, we ensure food trucks aren’t in the area, as they can attract predators that might go after fledglings. And we have notices and processes in place to ensure that if a chick falls, they can be properly transferred to a rescue organization. Meanwhile, for us humans, we’ve even ensured that there’s no sidewalk on the side of the street where the birds are nesting to prevent accidental whitewashing.

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