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Osprey Update
March 31, 2025 This year's female is banded on the right leg - the same as last year's. It is likely that it is the same female. Today...
Kim Gaffett

2025 Welcome Back Ospreys
March 26, 2025 And now there are 2. On March 18 the first Osprey (presumably the male) returned to the power company platform, and on...
Kim Gaffett


Osprey Update: July 22
It is fledge day! After a busy morning of hop-flying from nest edge to nest edge, the first nestling took flight sometime between 6:30...
Kim Gaffett
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Osprey Update: April 2, 2024
Q. Why is one osprey sitting on the other? A. They are mating! Hope for eggs soon. Thanks to Elspeth Crawford in Edinburgh, Scotland for...
Kim Gaffett
Apr 2, 20241 min read
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Osprey Update: April 1, 2024
There have been several reports over the past 3 days of both male and female osprey being in residence on the Power Co. pole. This photo...
Kim Gaffett
Apr 1, 20241 min read
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March 27, 2024 - Eagle/Osprey Update: Ruffled Feathers
After approximately 10 days of no sighting of the eagles on the Power Company platform, both eagles showed up on the platform looking...
Kim Gaffett
Mar 28, 20241 min read
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