There's also a nest along Highway 20 east of Marblemount, about where the
road S-curves above the Skagit River. That's getting pretty far from Puget
Sound, though.

Katie Sauter


-----Original Message-----
From: Eugene Hunn [mailto:enhunn at attbi.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 7:39 PM
To: phainopepla at yahoo.com; Tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: Osprey nesting on manmade objects


Osprey nests always seem to be on the very top of a pole or snag. Thus quite
different from Bald Eagle's nests, which tend to be braced against the trunk
part way up. A couple of nests on natural sites include the one on the snag
just east of the Cle Elum River bridge on the south side of I-5 west of Cle
Elum (taken over by geese, then abandoned) and the one on a snag in the
marsh just south of the highway at Montesano.

Gene.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Dossett" <phainopepla at yahoo.com>
To: <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: Osprey nesting on manmade objects


> There is also a nest on the cell tower here at the
> edge of Bothell city limits, just across the street
> from the Kenmore Gun Ranges. I saw some people
> working on the tower the other day though, so I don't
> know whether they took the nest down like they did a
> few years ago. I haven't had a chance to look to see
> if it is still there.
>
> I think last summer a new nest was started on a tower
> near Lake Ballinger, but I'm not exactly sure where.
> Anyone else know? I have to agree with Ruth though, I
> have never seen an Osprey nest that I can recall on a
> natural structure here in the Puget Sound area.
>
> Michael Dossett
> Bothell, WA
> Phainopepla at yahoo.com
>
>
> --- Kelly Mcallister <mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov> wrote:
> >
> > It's got to be Chuck Henny and co-workers looking
> > for this information. I know
> > they've been calling around in the last week or two.
> > He'll no doubt get lots
> > of location from the WDFW database (but many of the
> > records will be of unknown
> > recent activity since WDFW hasn't been doing surveys
> > of osprey nests lately).
> >
> > I can think of an osprey nest on a cell tower near
> > Mud Bay and a couple of nests
> > on the big transmission towers that cross the bay
> > north of Allyn. Away from
> > the Puget Sound shoreline, there are many more,
> > including nests on light standards
> > at Borst Park baseball field in Centralia and
> > another at the High School football
> > field in Rochester.
> >
> > Kelly McAllister
> > Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
> > Olympia, Washington
> > Reply to: mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov
> >
> >
>
>
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