Sounds like a potential violation of the state nest protection statute and the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, unless permits were obtained. It's very unlikely that permits would have been provided for nest removal if eggs or young were present. A good place to start would probably be reporting to the message recorder (select the "1" option for reporting a fish or wildlife violation) on the State Fish and Wildlife toll free line, 1-800-477-6224.

Kelly McAllister
Olympia, Washington
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Littlefield
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 9:24 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] Renton Fry's Osprey nest: GONE


Hi Tweeters,


I got a sickening surprise last night as I came home from a dinner out. The osprey nest that has been in the radio tower at the North end of the Renton Fry's Electronics parking lot for many years has been pulled down. I saw one confused osprey sitting on the few twigs that remained. Not sure where its partner was, though I saw both birds sitting at the nest earlier yesterday.


Does anyone know what happened? I can't conceive that their chicks--assuming this year's mating was successful--were anywhere near ready to fly. As I said, I'm absolutely sick and don't know who to ask about this, or what can be done to prevent this kind of intrusion during mating seasons in the future.


Best,
Susan Littlefield
Renton, WA.
susan(dot)littlefield(at)gmail(dot)com


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