FW: [BIRDING-AUS] Ospreys.

["Bob Dawson" <>]

I have seen them nesting succesfully on platforms in very busy area a number 
of years ago on the North Coast of NSW near Byron Bay and Mur'bah. Also more 
recently in the NT one site next to a busy highway on an electrical pylon 
and another site again on an electrical pylon quite close to the centre of 
Darwin. I get the feeling that they are particularly bothered by people 
close by.

> From: "Bruce Cox" <>
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> Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Ospreys.
> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:14:56 +1000
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> G'day,
>
> This is mainly for Sydney birders.
>
> We have a pair of Ospreys nesting or nest-building on Narrabeen Lagoon. I
> spoke to Alan Morris and he told me it is a first nesting record for 
> Sydney.
> Unfortunately the nest was not found by local birders, rather, by a local
> surfer who notified our local paper, the "Manly Daily", which sent a
> reporter to photograph two birds at the nest, one on the nest and one 
> flying
> above the nest with building material. I understand the "Daily Telegraph"
> had a photographer there today.
>
> Because of all this publicity and after discussing the matter with Alan I
> believe there is no point in trying to keep this quiet, particularly as the
> nest tree appears to be on a residential block almost alongside a busy 
> road.
> After all I saw Ospreys nesting on an artificial platform in the middle of 
> a
> seaside town, up north somewhere, I can't remember where.
>
> My records show there has been two Ospreys around the Northern Beaches 
> since
> March 1997 but this is their first known nesting attempt. An Osprey was
> photographed carrying a stick over Middle Creek (on Narrabeen Lagoon,) a
> couple of years ago but no nest was ever found, young reported or other
> evidence of breeding seen.
>
> All we can do is wish these birds the best of luck.
>
> Bruce.
>
> Bruce Cox on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
>
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