{"id":16076,"date":"2015-04-22T17:06:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T22:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=16076"},"modified":"2015-04-22T17:06:23","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T22:06:23","slug":"osprey-pair-rebuild-winter-destroyed-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=16076","title":{"rendered":"OSPREY PAIR REBUILD WINTER DESTROYED NEST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-osprey-build-004-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16082\" title=\"POST osprey build 004 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-osprey-build-004-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"758\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Rebuilding Winter Destroyed Nest<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ten days ago, great blue herons began rebuilding their nest that was destroyed by last winter&#8217;s brutal storms (See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=15815\" target=\"_blank\">Rebuilding Destroyed Nest and Loving Bonds<\/a>). Today an osprey pair began to rebuild their nest that had been completely blown away by winter gales.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/post-rookery-2015-003-961.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16086\" title=\"post rookery 2015 003 481\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/post-rookery-2015-003-481.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/post-rookery-2015-003-481.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/post-rookery-2015-003-481-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Osprey Nest Completely Destroyed by Winter Storms<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In early April we documented the 2014 osprey nest in the SouthCoast rookery that had been destroyed by the harsh winter. To revisit this osprey nest in all its glory last year, \u00c2\u00a0see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=14302\" target=\"_blank\">Ospreys Engaged in Nest Building at SouthCoast Rookery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-osprey-build-003-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16080\" title=\"POST osprey build 003 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-osprey-build-003-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-osprey-build-003-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-osprey-build-003-480-142x300.jpg 142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Osprey Brings Branch to Rebuild Nest<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This morning, 22 April, the osprey pair busied themselves in ferrying branch after branch to the destroyed nest to restore it for the 2015 season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-osprey-build-005-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16084\" title=\"POST osprey build 005 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-osprey-build-005-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-osprey-build-005-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/POST-osprey-build-005-480-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Osprey Waits for Mate with More Building Material<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the arrival of this pair, all elite waterfront accommodations at the SouthCoast rookery have been claimed for the 2015 season by a mix of ospreys and great blue herons. We&#8217;ll be watchful, though. On occasion, ospreys callously evict heron pairs to claim the nest for their own. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=10746\" target=\"_blank\">Aggressive Ospreys Evict Great Blue Heron Nesting Pair<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Rebuilding Winter Destroyed Nest Ten days ago, great blue herons began rebuilding their nest that was destroyed by last winter&#8217;s brutal storms (See Rebuilding Destroyed Nest and Loving Bonds). Today an osprey pair began to rebuild their nest that had been completely blown away by winter gales. 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