i took pics of our "osprey on the power pole" solution this afternoon, you may want to pass this on because once these birds choose a nest site the are determined to build there.this solution is cheap - tasteful and it works! the site in the pics has been osprey free for a couple of years now, they were forced to find a new site, we have so many nesting sites now it would be impossible to tell which one is theirs.
at the ballfield there are a couple of nests (have been for years) on top of the field lights. across from the town beach a pole and nest was erected and a pair took it over right away. what amazed me was during a powerful spring northeaster a few years ago the waves tore thru the chainlink fence in the beach parking lot, flooded the street, the wind took down trees and telephone poles along the beach and in the end, among all the carnage there stood the osprey nest all by itself! they build one strong nest!
