Osprey Nest
My third try at this nest, finally a better view.
Osprey facts:
Nests on artificial platforms, especially in a pair's first season, are relatively small—less than 2.5 feet in diameter and 3–6 inches deep. After generations of adding to the nest year after year, Ospreys can end up with nests 10–13 feet deep and 3–6 feet in diameter—easily big enough for a human to sit in.
Ospreys build large nests which can weight up to 200 lbs. They use sticks, grass, muck, seaweed, eelgrass, reeds, and often trash to build up their nests. Today, the estimated size of the population is above 650 nesting pairs (Wurst and Clark 2020).
Osprey Nest
My third try at this nest, finally a better view.
Osprey facts:
Nests on artificial platforms, especially in a pair's first season, are relatively small—less than 2.5 feet in diameter and 3–6 inches deep. After generations of adding to the nest year after year, Ospreys can end up with nests 10–13 feet deep and 3–6 feet in diameter—easily big enough for a human to sit in.
Ospreys build large nests which can weight up to 200 lbs. They use sticks, grass, muck, seaweed, eelgrass, reeds, and often trash to build up their nests. Today, the estimated size of the population is above 650 nesting pairs (Wurst and Clark 2020).