The original plan
We were booked to remove a dead limb from a eucalypt for a regular client, and the timber was going to become firewood.
A better idea
The client loves birdlife. We got talking about the Hollowhog — a tool that lets an arborist carve a hollow into a limb, creating shelter for animals that depend on tree hollows. Natural hollows can take many decades to form, and plenty of Australian birds and mammals need them to nest and shelter.
The client liked the idea, so the dead limb stayed on the tree.
The work
We climbed into the tree and carved a nesting hollow into the limb with the Hollowhog, shaping the entrance and the chamber behind it, then photographed the finished hollow up close.
Why we like this job
Good tree work isn’t always about taking things away. Where a dead limb is safe to keep — away from where people spend time, and structurally sound enough to stay — it can be worth more on the tree than in the woodpile. We can’t promise who will move in, but we’ll happily talk through the option on your property.
