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Alison:
And now a pair of Canada Geese at the nest -- they spent a lot of time there today, with a couple of pigeons visiting when the geese were not around. The geese usually spend time at the nest each year before the ospreys return.

allikat:
Oh My! 

Now that's just a little high up to nest there mama goose....that looks like a long way down if you have chicks.

Alison:
A new visitor tries out the osprey nest today:

Alison:

--- Quote from: bcbird on February 03, 2010, 23:00 ---Perhaps it's due to the childhood influence of AA Milne and the "wolery," but I thought owls nested in enclosed spaces such as hollows in trees.  Would they be at all interested in a platform for nesting?

--- End quote ---

That's a really good question. I think Great Horned Owls normally prefer to nest in trees, but they do seem to like peregrine nest boxes too. I think a platform might be too much out in the open for them, but even if they only like to perch there, it would deter the ospreys from using the nest.

A couple of different GHO nests: last year, a Great Horned Owl raised an owlet in a planter in Brevard County, Florida:



And in Socorro, New Mexico, a pair of GHOs raised their owlets in the fork of a tree, which had been provided with a liner. They had tried to nest their unsuccessfully the previous year.

bcbird:
Perhaps it's due to the childhood influence of AA Milne and the "wolery," but I thought owls nested in enclosed spaces such as hollows in trees.  Would they be at all interested in a platform for nesting?

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