Another crisis…

 Another trying situation unfolded yesterday. One of my volunteer monitors, Alice Stoddard noticed an osprey in trouble, caught on something on a cell tower way out in Wright County. Alice had called the cell company and gotten no return call. I contacted our friends at Meridian Blue again…..gave them all the info regarding the cell co, tower number etc. Sadly, Alicia, the owner of Meridian Blue was initially denied permission to climb that tower by the cell company. I was also talking to Amy Simso Dean at the Raptor Center and she decided to put some additional pressure on the cell company and eventually they agreed to allow Meridian Blue to climb the tower to rescue the bird. It took hours, lots of phone calls, text messages and finally at about 7:30 p.m. Meridian Blue had a crew on site, and The Raptor Center had a transport volunteer there, Bill Dom, along with the Twin Cities Metro Osprey Watch nest monitor mentioned above. Amy and I were texting each other thru the process, and shortly before 9 p.m. they had the bird down and all climbers were safely back on the ground. It was too late to get the bird to TRC but that final leg of thw journey will occur this morning and we are waiting to hear what the birds status is.

Once again I send out a HUGE thankyou to all involved, especially Meridian Blue for doing what noone else could do. I am so deeply grateful to everyone at Meridian Blue, to Alice and Bill, and Amy.

We are hoping for the best for this young bird….I will update later.