Won’t be long now!

I am very happy to report that we got the two leaning nest poles straightened and stabilized! Just in the nick of time. One crew prefers to remain anonymous....but they know who they are and we are very grateful. On the second pole we want to thank Mark Rehder, who got a crew together and fixed the tilted nestpole. We are so deeply appreciative for all the efforts of so many people who helped to make these repairs happen. So many contacts, conversations and time spent organizing the effort to help the ospreys. I  am so grateful for all those who are concerned about these birds and their safety. Now we begin the anxious wait for the birds to return!
As usual we always need help monitoring all these nests so I hope those who helped out last year will return to their nests this year......please send me an email if you wish to remain on Team Osprey! If anyone is out there who would like to join us.....also email me! Osprey.mn@gmail.com
We ask for a commitment to visit a nest once a week and to send an email with your observations after each visit. I have a list of guidelines that I will send to interested volunteers. We find it really improves the quality of observations and enjoyment of the volunteer if you have a spotting scope. ( If anyone has a spotting scope they are not using and would like to donate or sell, let us know. We always have people looking for one!) It won’t be long now!