{"id":14302,"date":"2014-04-08T22:07:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T03:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=14302"},"modified":"2014-04-08T22:07:44","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T03:07:44","slug":"ospreys-engaged-in-nest-building-at-southcoast-rookery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=14302","title":{"rendered":"Ospreys Engaged in Nest Building at SouthCoast Rookery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-in-flight-000-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14304\" title=\"y wash osprey in flight 000 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-in-flight-000-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-in-flight-000-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-in-flight-000-480-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Streaks through SouthCoast Rookery<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The SouthCoast rookery accommodates both osprey (<em>Pandion haliaetus<\/em>) and great blue heron (<em>Ardea hernias<\/em>) pairs on adjacent treetop nests abutting a large fresh water pond. \u00c2\u00a0Both species are large birds with enormous wing spans, both share a diet of fish harvested from the pond and nearby Sippican harbor, and both are seemingly dedicated parents that favor these coastal aeries. \u00c2\u00a0While heron nests outnumber osprey nests at least four to one in this rookery, ospreys are clearly the more aggressive species. \u00c2\u00a0Each spring we watch as ospreys evict the earlier arriving herons from the prime nest in the rookery. \u00c2\u00a0As ospreys take flight and swoop near heron nests, treetops explode in raucous &#8220;kronks.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-pair-010-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14308\" title=\"y wash osprey pair 010 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-pair-010-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-pair-010-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-pair-010-480-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Osprey Pair Reinforcing Nest in SouthCoast Rookery<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday, April 7th, the weather broke for the better and sunshine dominated the SouthCoast. \u00c2\u00a0Both great blue heron and osprey pairs in the rookery began to gather branches and twigs to strengthen and reinforce their nests. \u00c2\u00a0(ASIDE: \u00c2\u00a0The Turtle Journal team observed during the weekend storms that ospreys maintained their presence on the treetop nest, while great blue herons took shelter lower to the ground, leaving the nests unoccupied.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-pair-013-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14310\" title=\"y wash osprey pair 013 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-pair-013-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-pair-013-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-pair-013-480-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Osprey Brings Branch to Reinforce Nest<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We have described herons as graceful during these nest building flights. \u00c2\u00a0For ospreys, though, the adjective that best describes their flight is powerful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-pair-014-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14312\" title=\"y wash osprey pair 014 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-pair-014-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-pair-014-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-pair-014-480-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Pair Engaged in Nest Building<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ospreys screech calls to each other as one approaches the nest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-in-flight-009-960-good.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14306\" title=\"y wash osprey in flight 009 480 good\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-in-flight-009-480-good.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-in-flight-009-480-good.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/y-wash-osprey-in-flight-009-480-good-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Soars over SouthCoast Rookery<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Osprey and heron pairs occupy the rookery during the nesting season from late March to early June. \u00c2\u00a0After chicks fledge and are nudged from the nest, these magnificent birds head about a mile south to Sippican Harbor and Buzzards Bay. \u00c2\u00a0As the Turtle Journal paddles through the harbor researching terrapins, we coast past great blue herons hunting the marsh channels and cruise under soaring ospreys fishing from high above. \u00c2\u00a0We feel fortunate to witness the full cycle for both these exquisite animals: courting, nesting, rearing, fledging and foraging &#8230; before they depart the Great White North for parts south in the fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Streaks through SouthCoast Rookery The SouthCoast rookery accommodates both osprey (Pandion haliaetus) and great blue heron (Ardea hernias) pairs on adjacent treetop nests abutting a large fresh water pond. \u00c2\u00a0Both species are large birds with enormous wing spans, both share a diet of fish harvested from the pond and nearby Sippican harbor, 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