I see ospreys often in peaks mill area. There was a big new nest on elkhorn
near the hatchery this year, thought it was a new eagle nest but maybe it was
an osprey?Always assumed there was a nest on the ky river, now I'll start
searching!Mike, franklin county.
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Century Schoolbook";
panose-1:2 4 6 4 5 5 5 2 3 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Verdana;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
h2
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.Heading2Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2E74B5;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
-->
-------- Original message --------From: "Slankard, Kate (KFW)"
<Kate.Slankard@xxxxxx> Date: 3/6/19 2:46 PM (GMT-05:00) To:
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, BIRDKY Freelists <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc:
"MacGregor, John (FW)" <John.MacGregor@xxxxxx> Subject: [birdky] Re: Article
from Earth Sky News re osprey population recovery
Hi Ceci,
We do not have any known nests near Bald Knob. The closest nests we know of to
Franklin County are one in Louisville and one in Lexington (sporadic). You can
find more about the current distribution of ospreys here:
https://fw.ky.gov/Wildlife/Documents/2017OspreyReport.pdf
Kate Slankard
Avian Biologist
Nongame Branch
KY Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
#1 Sportsman's Lane
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-892-4474
Fax: 502-564-4519
kate.slankard@xxxxxx
www.fw.ky.gov
Confidentiality Notice:
This e-mail message, including any attachment, is for the sole use of the
intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any
unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If
you are not the intended recipient,
please contact the sender, by e-mail, and destroy all copies of the original
message.
From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Behalf Of Ce Ci
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2019 8:59 AM
To: BIRDKY Freelists <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: MacGregor, John (FW) <John.MacGregor@xxxxxx>
Subject: [birdky] Article from Earth Sky News re osprey population recovery
Article (and new book) touting good recovery of osprey populations. I remember
there was an osprey nesting platform and live bird release
here in northern Franklin County (Bald Knob) on the KY River at ecologist Hal
Bryan's property in the 1980s.
Kate, do we know if osprey still frequent that vicinity?
Ospreys’ recovery is global conservation success story
By
EarthSky Voices in Earth | Human World |
March 6, 2019
Chemical pollution and hunting pushed ospreys – which are large, hawk-like
birds – to the edge of extinction. Now they’ve rebounded and
can be spotted worldwide, often nesting on human-made structures.
An osprey battles to launch from a pond in Scotland with a large trout in its
talons
By
Alan Poole,
Cornell University
A hundred years ago, a person wandering the back roads of coastal New England
might have come across an odd sight: at the edge of a farmyard,
cheek by jowl with pigs and chickens and cows, a tall pole topped with a
massive stick nest. And standing guard in the nest, a large brown-backed,
white-headed wild bird of prey – an osprey (Pandion
haliaetus).
Farmers in this region knew that nesting ospreys were vigilant watchdogs, quick
to chase “chicken-hawks” and other predators away. But
as fish eaters, ospreys were no threat to farm animals. And they were trusting
enough to live comfortably near humans. So farmers lured them by building them
places to nest – generally, an old wagon wheel atop a bare pole, mimicking the
dead trees in which
ospreys had nested for millennia.
Although these clever farmers didn’t know it, they were pioneering methods that
would help to bring ospreys back from the edge of extinction
decades later. As I recount in my new book, “Ospreys: The Revival of a Global
Raptor,” these birds have made a spectacular recovery from
chemical pollution, guns and traps, thanks to many dedicated conservationists
and an amazing ability to thrive in close quarters with humans.
Osprey on a nesting platform in Massachusetts. Image via Craig Gibson.
Go
