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The end....2020

 October 1.....I guess it’s time to declare that the 2020 Osprey breeding season has come to an end. My sighting of the adult male, alone, on Tuesday was the last Osprey I have seen. I have visited his nest three times in the past two days and no ospreys were seen. Wish I had gotten a photo of that handsome male on that last day, but the image is firmly imprinted in my mind.

Now my efforts turn to other Osprey related activities. I met with a power company and a city public works superintendent today to try to find a way to relocate a pair of ospreys that nested in a difficult situation this year. I am hopeful that we will find a good solution for them. I also picked up a beautiful nestbox that was donated by Jamie Dolginow Kittleson! We are SO grateful, so appreciative of this generous act. We will put it to good use somewhere!

I will soon begin the increasingly overwhelming task of gathering all the data that was collected by myself and all the volunteer monitors, organizing it, analyzing it and of course, eventually, posting it here for you all to read. It often takes me the better part of a month to get all that done. It’s a lot of work, but it is very satisfying to have it all organized and at my fingertips when needed. There was a time when I could remember it all, but now with so many nests, I can’t!!!

I hope to have that all done by the end of the year. Since I am still furloughed from my job, I will get a much earlier start on it this year than in the past.

Please send out some special good thoughts for our traveling friends.....may each and every one of them arrive safely on their wintering grounds, maybe send a few postcards? We will hold our breath a little bit until we see them again next spring!