Mother Nature Network: New nesting spot for osprey
When the Kalamazoo Valley River Trail was routed next to the utility pole where osprey nested in 2011 friends of the birds decided to take action, reports Mother Nature Network. “This trail was going to go directly underneath their nest,” says Matthew Clysdale, who is documenting the birds return to the Kalamazoo River.
He consulted with an osprey expert who told him that the human traffic would probably put a great deal of stress on the birds and maybe even cause them to abandon their nest. A new pole and its nesting platform were put up this winter while the birds were spending the season in South America. The old pole was then cut down to prevent the ospreys from returning to the old site and a piece of their old nest was put on the new pole to make it more attractive.
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