Apalachicola OSPREY Program
Osprey Nest On Channel Marker Large River Barge in Backround- NOT IN ESI W FL INDEX - Active OSPREY (Bird) Nest Up the Apalachicola River System just North of Pinhook - N29.7240 W085.05482
Video taken of an active Osprey nest up the Jackson River, a distributary branch of the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee/Flint River System, in Franklin Co., Florida. The Osprey is a member of the accipiter family, the same family as other birds of prey such as hawks and eagles. It is a fish catching specialist. They often nest on man-made structures, or dead snags near open water. This nest, constructed on a channel marker, was located just North of "Pinhook" and Saul's Creek cutoff by Zach K., and documented for the Apalachicola OSPREY Program during the Deep Horizon Oil Gusher in July of 2010. In the backround, passing the nest, Zach caught a truly rare sight on the river; a large river barge that appeared to be empty, headed downstream in the intracoastal waterway toward the Apalachicola Bay. Back in the days when the Army Corp of Engineers did heavy dredging on this ACF river system, these large barges were a common sight. The large old dredge pile spill sites can still be seen towering like sand mountains, along the banks of the river.
Location is NOT within the NOAA 1990 Environmental Sensitivity Index Mapping for W. FL.
Osprey Nest On Channel Marker Large River Barge in Backround- NOT IN ESI W FL INDEX - Active OSPREY (Bird) Nest Up the Apalachicola River System just North of Pinhook - N29.7240 W085.05482
Video taken of an active Osprey nest up the Jackson River, a distributary branch of the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee/Flint River System, in Franklin Co., Florida. The Osprey is a member of the accipiter family, the same family as other birds of prey such as hawks and eagles. It is a fish catching specialist. They often nest on man-made structures, or dead snags near open water. This nest, constructed on a channel marker, was located just North of "Pinhook" and Saul's Creek cutoff by Zach K., and documented for the Apalachicola OSPREY Program during the Deep Horizon Oil Gusher in July of 2010. In the backround, passing the nest, Zach caught a truly rare sight on the river; a large river barge that appeared to be empty, headed downstream in the intracoastal waterway toward the Apalachicola Bay. Back in the days when the Army Corp of Engineers did heavy dredging on this ACF river system, these large barges were a common sight. The large old dredge pile spill sites can still be seen towering like sand mountains, along the banks of the river.
Location is NOT within the NOAA 1990 Environmental Sensitivity Index Mapping for W. FL.