Ospray

To celebrate the nice weather, I though I would share parts of a press realise from CU
The photo is of an osprey checking out its new digs next to original nesting tree at Thompson's Beach Rd.
"In this past week's Nor'easter, Maurice River Township's calendar girl's nest came down - the osprey nest, that is! Yes, April's pin-up girl's nest came crashing to the ground, leaving two ospreys homeless. Apparently tough-on-the-seas Captain George Kumor was tender-hearted on the land and called Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and Its Tributaries, Inc. (CU) President Jane Morton Galetto, asking about putting up an emergency nesting platform. It just so happened that CU volunteers had made an extra nesting platform for just such a possibility. Kumor went into high gear, notifying the Road Department of the fowl disaster. On Friday Galetto got a call from the Road Department that Mayor Ronald Riggins had ordered the crew to fetch the nest and go to the birds' rescue. "When the road crew came to pick up the nest they told me that there were two very confused and unhappy osprey on the Thompson's Beach Road looking for a home," Galetto said. "I told them we had just the right place for them - no rent, no mortgage. We are very happy that Maurice River Township cared so much about the ospreys and we salute Ronald Riggins for sending the crew into action." Thompson's Beach Rd. is a haven for bird watchers, especially in the spring. Between the PSEG viewing platform and the spring migration of shorebirds, hundreds of birders visit the area. The Road crew put the new nest rather close to the road because the original nest was there and it was also the Township right-of-way. Citizens United hopes the nest can be placed a bit more off the beaten path to avoid vandalism for the next season."