EVERETT (AP) — It seems like everybody has an opinion on what to do with the shuttered Kimberly-Clark paper mill in Everett — including the birds.
Hundreds of Caspian terns — almost 1,000 by one count — have made the mill their new home, laying eggs and raising chicks en masse atop the flat-roofed waterfront warehouse.
Kimberly-Clark ceased operations in April and plans to tear down most buildings. Not long after the mill quieted, the terns started showing up.
Kimberly-Clark spokesman Bob Brand said the company plans not to demolish the warehouse on which the birds are nesting, because it’s a structure a buyer might want.