I wouldn't want it coming after me even if I were on the ground let
alone a ladder! Most birds will defend their nest. Get an outdoor
speaker, mount it as close as you can get it to the nest and play a
looped recording of a yapping chihuahua. Birds don't stay around where
they can't listen and talk to each other, even anti-social ones like
raptors I think wouldn't like it. These are a world-wide species, why
is it protected?
On 4/2/21 7:15 AM, Aeron Wireless wrote:
I got a call from a local DNR volunteer informing me that Ospreys are
building a nest on my monopole platform. He's saying that because it's
a protected bird, I can't climb the tower until they leave in the
fall. I have an email into the state DNR but no response yesterday and
today being a gov holiday I don't expect a response until next week.
Kinda freaking out here. I need to mount a few PTP links. I was
planning on a climb today, but am holding off to hear definitively.
This is the main tower for my WISP.
Google kung-fu led me to a NATE presentation that says that climbing
can be done with precautions. Talked to the tower owner (a small
private owner, not one of the big three) who suggested adding a ring
below the platform with the nest for the new PTPs. Can this be done
with the birds on the tower?
Has anyone dealt with Ospreys before?
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