Ospreys set to make a strong comeback with installation of artificial nesting platforms
2 years, 9 months ago

Ospreys set to make a strong comeback with installation of artificial nesting platforms

ABC  

Endangered ospreys are making a comeback in South Australia after several man-made nesting platforms were installed across the Eyre and Yorke peninsulas. Key points: Artificial nesting platforms have been installed across the Eyre and Yorke Peninsula The last population count showed only 47 pairs of ospreys were left in South Australia A pair of ospreys have already started to develop their nest on the Tumby Island platform. Fran Solly who is the secretary for Friends of Osprey said the organisation set up a nest with surveillance last year, but footage showed the bird's eggs were being predated on by foxes. "This week we installed an artificial nesting platform which will bring the nest up off the ground and out of reach of foxes," Ms Solly said.

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Rare eastern osprey chick hatches on Tumby Island after platform built to keep nest safe from foxes
1 year, 5 months ago

Rare eastern osprey chick hatches on Tumby Island after platform built to keep nest safe from foxes

ABC  

Osprey fans across the globe have been delighted by the safe arrival of a rare baby eastern osprey at Tumby Island in South Australia, after a clever plan was hatched to help its parents outwit a hungry fox. Key points: Fourteen artificial platforms have been installed to help the eastern osprey breed in SA A chick has hatched on Tumby …

Rewilding: Consultation seeks views on reintroduction of ospreys to Suffolk
4 years ago

Rewilding: Consultation seeks views on reintroduction of ospreys to Suffolk

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Translocation projects respond to this behaviour by moving juvenile ospreys a few weeks before they …

Ospreys abandon Ocean Beach nest, raising concerns
6 years, 8 months ago

Ospreys abandon Ocean Beach nest, raising concerns

Associated Press  

New London — Ospreys have nested atop a light tower in the parking lot of Ocean Beach Park for decades — some claim as far back as 1940 — returning each spring to lay breed, lay eggs and raise their young. James is one of the more than 300 stewards volunteering for Connecticut Audubon’s Osprey Nation citizen science project, observing …

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