tearing down trees with a bulldozer

So our lovely neighbor directly across the street and slightly to the left decided up and move the Florida and sell his house and subdivide his "double" lot. Being that it is Manchester; they are, of course, going to build another house on the teeny tiny part of the lot that was previously a lush green lawn surrounded by a cute white fence with several beautiful towering pine trees. Mike and I were enjoying our grilled dinner and hanging out on the deck in our backyard when we noticed some strange noises. We peered over our backyard fence and low and behold some idiots are tearing down one of the beautiful pine tree across the street. I don't know a lot about tearing down trees but I do know that you don't attack a tree with a bulldozer. These guys were literally hacking at the tree with the shovel part of the bulldozer trying to make the branches "fall off" for several minutes - Then they promptly began pushing the tree over again with the shovel part of the bulldozer- it came close to hitting the house next to the lot- then luckily they changed its course and it fell to the ground. We are keeping our fingers crossed that they are only taking down one tree and not all of them. Wonder what kind of house they are going to squeeze on the teeny tiny property!!!

Tanya