It seems that a Canada goose is nesting on the osprey platform near Lexington Ave and County Rd C2 in northern Roseville. I viewed it on Thursday, Friday, and today. I spoke with a woman on Thursday who said that she had seen the ospreys swoop down and try to force the goose out of the nest, to no avail. When I arrived today, there was a man at the base of the platform pole; he hit it a few times, and the goose flew away. I hung around for about 45 minutes to see if the ospreys might appear (they had been seen in the afternoon hanging out in the trees across the wetland from the platform). Instead, the goose flew back and landed on the platform, then climbed into the nest! Right before I left, another man went down and hit the pole, and the goose flew off again. Is it unusual for a goose to occupy an osprey nest? It certainly looks bizarre.
Kathy Confer Near Lake Josephine, In Arden Hills, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
