Hi Gus and everyone, I have a meeting with the office of City Council member Alexa Aviles next week to discuss ways to better protect wildlife habitat in Sunset Park, and her district includes Bush Terminal I believe. I can bring up the Osprey and use your photos, and keep you posted and whoever else is interested.
On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 3:34 PM Gus Keri <gusk...@zoho.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am writing this email hoping that someone reading it knows someone in > charge in Bush Terminal Pier Park. > > Today, I saw an Osprey nesting on the Osprey platform at the middle basin > of this park. I believe this is the first ever attempt at nesting here and > I have been visiting this park very frequently since its opening seven or > eight years ago. > > I always thought that Osprey will never nest here because people, and > especially fishermen, keep walking over the rocks at low tides and settle > under the platform. > > But this year, there is some construction taking place and the middle > rocky pier was closed for people and that allowed Osprey to nest there > taking advantage of the absence of people. > > Currently, the closest people can get to the nest is on the top of the > hill, more than 500 feet away. > > But this situation might not last if the construction finishes before the > chicks fledge. > > I think the people in charge of the park should keep the middle rocky pier > closed until the end of the nesting season. > > This nest definitely needs protection. > > Can someone please help? > > Thank you in advance > > Here are my photos of the nest. > > https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S109792285 > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
