& hopefully not just the DNR gets to watch it!
On 04/06/2021 11:06 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
Always nice to have giddy regulatory authorities than pissy ones.
*From:* Aeron Wireless
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 6, 2021 12:00 PM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Osprey on towers
Update: Just heard from the DNR. An egg-less nest is not protected.
However, they encourage you not to remove the nest unless there are no
other options. Once the nest is active (with egg or young birds) then
there are restrictions on climbing. Restrictions are based on what stage
the egg/birds are in. This stage may require permits as well - we didn't
get into that. This DNR biologist wants a max disruption of 2 hours
during the active nest stage. So she encourages spreading the work out
over weeks with short periods on the tower.
So I will be climbing ASAP. During my work, I'll install a camera
pointing at the nest so we know exactly what stage the nest is in. Plus
a camera is a nice gesture to the DNR, one they are giddy about.
Once I got a hold of the DNR biologist, they were very helpful and
accommodating.
On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 10:45 AM James Howard <ja...@litewire.net> wrote:
I was out chatting with the farmer at one of our tower sites on a
grain leg about a week ago and he told me that he had a pair of
Ospreys build a nest on the top of the leg last year. He said he
called a friend of his at the DNR and talked to him about it. The
DNR guy said that if there are no eggs he was fine to tear it down
but if there are eggs he needed to wait till they hatched and left
before tearing it down. He had his nephew climb up and there was an
egg but the egg had a hole in it so they took pictures and sent to
the DNR. The DNR said that the birds often puncture their own eggs
trying to move them around in the nest but since that was the only
egg in the nest he was fine to take the whole nest down. He said he
threw it all off and put an orange cone up there which has kept them
off so far. As mentioned earlier, there are federal and state
regulations so your mileage may vary depending on how your state (or
possibly even who you talk to at the state).____
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*Sent:* Friday, April 2, 2021 10:51 AM
*To:* af@af.afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Osprey on towers____
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I wouldn't want it coming after me even if I were on the ground let
alone a ladder! Most birds will defend their nest. Get an outdoor
speaker, mount it as close as you can get it to the nest and play a
looped recording of a yapping chihuahua. Birds don't stay around
where they can't listen and talk to each other, even anti-social
ones like raptors I think wouldn't like it. These are a world-wide
species, why is it protected? ____
On 4/2/21 7:15 AM, Aeron Wireless wrote:____
I got a call from a local DNR volunteer informing me that
Ospreys are building a nest on my monopole platform. He's saying
that because it's a protected bird, I can't climb the tower
until they leave in the fall. I have an email into the state DNR
but no response yesterday and today being a gov holiday I don't
expect a response until next week. Kinda freaking out here. I
need to mount a few PTP links. I was planning on a climb today,
but am holding off to hear definitively. This is the main tower
for my WISP. ____
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Google kung-fu led me to a NATE presentation that says that
climbing can be done with precautions. Talked to the tower owner
(a small private owner, not one of the big three) who suggested
adding a ring below the platform with the nest for the new PTPs.
Can this be done with the birds on the tower?____
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Has anyone dealt with Ospreys before? ____
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