I found a dead male osprey near the tip of Hains Point at 11am today. The
body was fresh and most likely from today. The right shoulder was heavily
damaged, suggesting blunt force trauma from a vehicle or another moving
object. The bad news is that when i turned the bird over, someone had
removed the talons. I turned the bird into the NPS natural resources office
and filled out a report with Park Police. I dont know which nest the male
is from yet. There weren't any leg bands, but with 7 nests in the vicinity,
it should not be difficult to figure it out.
I did have a great nature walk with the 5 y/o's from the British School in
Dumbarton Oaks, Besides being full of all kinds of questions (bird related
or not), the students had a great sense of the woods and we had a decent
bird list for such an energetic group of walkers.
red-bellied woodpecker
american robin
gray catbird
american goldfinch
red-shouldered hawk
northern flicker
wood thrush
northern cardinal
song sparrow
black-throated blue warbler
mounring dove
great-crested flycatcher
blue jay
common grackle
tufted titmouse
eastern towhee
carolina wren
They had British Bird guides, which i thought was hilarious.
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