Re: Osprey Nesting Platforms

Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Tue, 11 May 1999 21:53:38 -0400


Barbara Smits of De Pere, WI wrote:

>The Isaac Walton League in Green Bay, Wisconsin, has an 80- >acre site
with two osprey nesting in a pole platform nest. The >League would like
to erect other nesting platforms on the >80-acre site. How close
together can nesting platforms be >placed and how many platforms can an
80-acre site hold? Any >information you can give us would be
appreciated.

Barbara,

The following organization runs an osprey nesting platform program and
should be able to answer your questions. The contact person for the
osprey program is Mike Rajacich (pronounced "RYE-a-sitch")

Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage
46 Pennsylvania Avenue
P.O. Box 1745
Easton, Maryland 21601
(410) 822-5100
(410) 822-4106 fax
cheswild@goeaston.net