Hi everyone, I am writing this email hoping that someone reading it knows someone in charge in Bush Terminal Pier Park.
Today, I saw an Osprey nesting on the Osprey platform at the middle basin of this park. I believe this is the first ever attempt at nesting here and I have been visiting this park very frequently since its opening seven or eight years ago. I always thought that Osprey will never nest here because people, and especially fishermen, keep walking over the rocks at low tides and settle under the platform. But this year, there is some construction taking place and the middle rocky pier was closed for people and that allowed Osprey to nest there taking advantage of the absence of people. Currently, the closest people can get to the nest is on the top of the hill, more than 500 feet away. But this situation might not last if the construction finishes before the chicks fledge. I think the people in charge of the park should keep the middle rocky pier closed until the end of the nesting season. This nest definitely needs protection. Can someone please help? Thank you in advance Here are my photos of the nest. https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S109792285 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
