Nest construction
Photo courtesy of Steve Turley
Pole installation
Photo courtesy of Mark Lancaster
Nest monitoring
Photo courtesy of George Stiles
Osprey Nest activities include:
- Sponsorship
Businesses or individuals who would like to help
sponsor the Osprey program can call Steve Turley at 704-309-0762 or the NCWF at 704-332-5696.
- Construction
Businesses and individuals are being sought to help sponsor the building of these platforms. These are installed on Lake Norman to help keep these "fish hawks" safe during nesting season, before their long trip back to South America where they spend their winters.
- Installation
Thus far, twelve platforms have been erected on high poles at various points on the lake. Duke Energy and the Lake Norman Marine Commission approve of the pole locations and the LNWC is only involved in the installation of the nesting platforms and has no part in the decision making of the locations of the nests. Led by Steve Turley of U.S. Home Designs and Mark Lancaster of Lancaster Custom Dock & Lift, the LNWC plans to install three more platforms this year.
- Monitoring
After the nest are installed monitoring is necessary to determine the success of the nesting birds of prey and their young. Pairs normally return year after year to the same nest. If you would like to help monitor the nesting sites click here for a monitoring data sheet and send your finding to info@lakenormanwildlife.org.
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For more information contact Steve Turley at swturley@msn.com or 704-309-0762. This is an ongoing project and if you are interested in helping, please fill in register information below and click the SUBMIT button. |