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Ospreys do often start new nests late in the season...especially young birds staking out a claim for next year. They also often build "frustration" nests if their nest attempt this year failed...with no chicks to raise they seem to occupy their time with building a new, secondary home. BUT the pair in question do not fit into either of those categories. They are a pair that have been together for several years and they successfully fledged two chicks this year...and now they are building a new nest directly across the street, probably about 50 feet away from their successful nest. Its a little odd. They are a pair who seem to enjoy nest building...which is evidenced by the large size of the nest they have built across the road. I suspect that Xcel Energy is going to put the kaibosh on their new project fairly quickly tho...This is the active power pole they chose to build on three years ago and Xcel helped us put up a nest platform for them across the road, where they have been residing since. They may just be filling their time with a new activity since the juveniles seem to be quite independant now. Vanessa Greene Wildlife Technician Twin Cities Osprey Project Three Rivers Park District [email protected] --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_19495_1156807229_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <html> <!-- BEGIN WEBMAIL STATIONERY --> <head></head> <body> <!-- WEBMAIL STATIONERY noneset --> <DIV>Ospreys do often start new nests late in the season...especially young birds staking out a claim for next year. They also often build "frustration" nests if their nest attempt this year failed...with no chicks to raise they seem to occupy their time with building a new, secondary home.</DIV> <DIV>BUT the pair in question do not fit into either of those categories. They are a pair that have been together for several years and they successfully fledged two chicks this year...and now they are building a new nest directly across the street, probably about 50 feet away from their successful nest. Its a little odd. They are a pair who seem to enjoy nest building...which is evidenced by the large size of the nest they have built across the road. I suspect that Xcel Energy is going to put the kaibosh on their new project fairly quickly tho...This is the active power pole they chose to build on three years ago and Xcel helped us put up a nest platform for them across the road, where they have been residing since.</DIV> <DIV>They may just be filling their time with a new activity since the juveniles seem to be quite independant now.</DIV> <DIV>Vanessa Greene<BR>Wildlife Technician <BR>Twin Cities Osprey Project <BR>Three Rivers Park District <BR>[email protected] <BR><BR></DIV> <!-- END WEBMAIL STATIONERY --> </body> </html> --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_19495_1156807229_0--
