News
Juvenile osprey from Norwood renested near Dunsford
Posted By Dave Flaherty, Lindsay Post Reporter July 21st, 2010
KAWARTHA LAKES - A juvenile osprey displaced near Norwood has been renested safely in the City of Kawartha Lakes. Terry Edick of the Friends of the Osprey told the Lindsay Post the baby and its mother were blown out of a nest on Saturday night. The mother perished from the fall.
A campground resident took the chick to the Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre in Napanee, where employees nursed it back to health. On Wednesday afternoon, representatives from both Shady Pines and the Friends of the Osprey gathered in between Bobcaygeon and Dunsford and placed the roughly two-month-old bird into a new nest. Edick said they chose that particular nest because there was only one baby present. "If you pick one with two or more chicks, the parents may end up neglecting them," Edick explained. As the chick was placed in the nest, the mother and father flew overhead watching the scene. The mother soon returned to the nest. Edick believes the chick had been accepted into the family. "If she didn't want her in there, she would have knocked her out."
The chick will likely only be in the nest for a few more weeks as it is close to being able to fly and branch out on its own.
We've Tagged Two Osprey!
On May 25th, the project that the Friends of the Osprey have been planning and saving for over two years, finally had it's start. Click here to read the full story about the exciting day. When the birds leave in the fall, we will be linked to the telemetry site so you can track where the birds go over the winter. Below are a few photos that also tell the story.
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The Bird Studies Canada crew approach the stump nest (nest in the water). Biologists Debbie Badinski and Jody Allaire along with their technician Myles Falconer. (image by Jim Elliot)
Here are the eggs that the osprey are guarding. Both nests we saw that day had three eggs each. (image Myles Falconer)
Close up of the trap that BSC use to catch the female Osprey when she lands on her eggs. It is a conglomeration of chicken wire and fishing line that catches the osprey's talons, within minutes the crew are there to release her. (image Phil Puxley)
Once the trap is on the nest, the team pushes away from the stump nest to wait for the female osprey to return to her eggs. (image Jim Elliot)
The Osprey was quickly released from the trap and the team from BSC put a mask over her head to calm her (which it does). They carefully set to work to attach the transmitter as well as tag her leg at the same time. (image P. Puxley)
This is a close up of the hood that is placed over the Osprey's head. Oddly enough, it does calm her down. A case of what you can't see can't hurt you? (image P. Puxley)-
This looks very large and awkward, but the equipment is very light and is placed on the bird's back where it is out of the way and when the feathers cover it, it can't be seen. (image P. Puxley)
This photo shows that the transmitter is now covered with feathers. (image P. Puxley)
After the tracking equipment is attached, the hood is taken off and the Osprey is allowed to fly away. The trap is quickly taken away so Mom goes back to her nest when we give her some distance. The eggs are also covered with a cloth during Mom's examination to protect them from the heat of the sun. (image Myles Falconer)
The first tagging went so smoothly that the BSC team decided to try again to do the second. The team are there once more putting the trap onto the nest. (image - T.McInnes-Edick)
The female osprey was once caught in her nest. But the BSC team quickly rescues her. (image Jim Elliot)
While they have an up close look at the female for the transmitter to be attached, the biologists also check her over to ensure she is healthy, estimate her age and give her an ID banding bracelet. (Image T.McInnes-Edick)
Jody Allaire from Bird Studies Canada checks the health of the Osprey while they have the chance. The look on this Osprey's face says that she wasn't expecting this when she woke up this morning! (Image T.McInnes-Edick)
This picture shows Jody and the Osprey with the front of the transmitter that keeps it in place. (image - T.McInnes-Edick)
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Recent Articles in the Lindsay Post
Kawartha Osprey on their way home - Barb Puxley
Winter Work 2010 - Simon Connell
Telemetry - Jim Brown
Kawartha a Hotspot for Osprey -Leanne Wallis
Friends of the Osprey are on display
Friends of the Osprey attend various events during the year to educate and inform people of the Oprey in the Kawartha Lakes. Here is a list of a few of the locations we will be attending this year.
The Lindsay Farmer Market - we are there throughout the summer.
Newsletters
Our newsletter is sent out twice a year. We will be putting our recent and archives of our newsletter on our site. These are in pdf format (Adobe Acrobat)
Summer Newsletter 2010
Winter Newsletter 2010
Summer Newsletter 2009
Winter Newsletter 2008/09
Summer Newsletter 2008
Friends of the Osprey In the News
Lindsay Post - May, 2009
Toronto Star - May 07, 2007
Banding
See images from an Osprey banding in 2006 in this video created by one of our members, Tony Crocker. Please note that it will open in a new window and that it is in Quicktime format. (.mov)