A pair of business owners in St. Petersburg, Florida, are accused of using 1,500 mothballs to deter “state-listed imperiled” birds from nesting on St. Pete Beach, an area behind their businesses. However, 500 more mothballs were found the following day in the area where the birds, which are called black skimmers, were trying to nest. The Fox report continued:“They’re the worst birds,” one of the men allegedly wrote in anticipation of nesting season. Cellphone tower data showed Monroe’s phone was at the same location as Czyszczon’s phone on both nights when the mothballs appeared on the beach, FWC officials said. None of the birds were harmed from the mothballs, according to WTSP.