{"id":13896,"date":"2014-03-23T17:21:07","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T22:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13896"},"modified":"2014-03-23T17:21:07","modified_gmt":"2014-03-23T22:21:07","slug":"osprey-arrives-at-southcoast-rookery-promptly-evicts-heron-pair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13896","title":{"rendered":"Osprey Arrives at SouthCoast Rookery; Promptly Evicts Heron Pair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-osprey-flight-005-480-good.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13900\" title=\"post osprey flight 005 480 good\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-osprey-flight-005-480-good.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-osprey-flight-005-480-good.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-osprey-flight-005-480-good-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Osprey Arrives @ SouthCoast Rookery, March 23rd<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The first osprey (<em>Pandion haliaetus<\/em>) arrived at the SouthCoast rookery in Marion on March 23rd.\u00c2\u00a0 Circling above the pond and swooping\u00c2\u00a0between the trees, the osprey evoked a riot of squawks from nesting pairs of great blue herons (<em>Ardea herodias<\/em>) who had\u00c2\u00a0glided into the rookery two days earlier on March 21st.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-osprey-nest-006-960-best.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13902\" title=\"post osprey nest 006 480 best\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-osprey-nest-006-480-best.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-osprey-nest-006-480-best.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-osprey-nest-006-480-best-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Osprey Promptly Evicts Blue Heron Pair from Prime Nest<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The osprey immediately and unceremoniously evicted the early great blue heron pair from the prime nest in this rookery, repeating what had occurred in 2012 and 2013.\u00c2\u00a0 (See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=10746\" target=\"_blank\">Aggressive Ospreys Evict Great Blue Heron Nesting Pair<\/a>.)\u00c2\u00a0 Perhaps fortunately this year, the eviction happened before egg laying had begun.\u00c2\u00a0 The 2012 eviction took place in early May!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-osprey-flight-002-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13898\" title=\"post osprey flight 002 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-osprey-flight-002-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-osprey-flight-002-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-osprey-flight-002-480-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Ospreys and Blue Herons Do NOT Make Friendly Neighbors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As each species takes flight from its respective nest and nears the other, cacophony and chaos ensue.\u00c2\u00a0 Turtle Journal observes, &#8220;<strong>Isn&#8217;t Nature grandly harmonious?<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Osprey Arrives @ SouthCoast Rookery, March 23rd The first osprey (Pandion haliaetus) arrived at the SouthCoast rookery in Marion on March 23rd.\u00c2\u00a0 Circling above the pond and swooping\u00c2\u00a0between the trees, the osprey evoked a riot of squawks from nesting pairs of great blue herons (Ardea herodias) who had\u00c2\u00a0glided into the rookery two days earlier on 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