Category Archives: Osprey

Here’s an update from Rob Bierregaard, Distinguished Visiting Research Professor at UNC Charlotte: Migration has started: Ospreys are beginning to show up at the spring hawkwatch sites, and a few very early birds are already on their nests in the … Continue reading →

Bridger had been MIA for a spell.  We learned of his whereabouts thanks to a transmission from a cell tower in a rural part of South America!  To figure out his track between his last North American transmission and this … Continue reading →

Migration is widely thought to be a survival behavior that has adapted within a certain species in order to find ample food and to survive cold winter temperatures throughout the calendar year.  Interestingly, Osprey in the southern United States do … Continue reading →

Ornithologist Dr. Rob Bierregaard shared with us an interesting finding from the new transmitter program:  “One new insight we’re getting from the [new transmitters which send us data via cellphone towers instead of satellites] is where our birds are spending … Continue reading →

From our Osprey Monitor Pete Deichmann: On Sunday August 5th, David Cole, a dedicated and gracious volunteer received information that there was an injured Osprey fledgling out on the Westport River.  It seemed that this Osprey tried to fly too … Continue reading →

Hello fellow Osprey enthusiast! My name is Anna Salinas and I am one of this year’s Osprey monitors for Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary. I am happy to say that I am in my second field season here at the pond and have had … Continue reading →

The Osprey are officially on the move! Many of our chicks have fledged and are starting to fly and venture from platform to platform. As with many other birds the Osprey are also starting to get ready to make their journey south … Continue reading →

The latest news for Osprey involves another rescue! Last Thursday, Pete, Luke and Anna were banding more chicks on the east branch of the Westport River when they approached their final nest of the day.  As Luke went up the … Continue reading →

Our Osprey monitors often get calls about Osprey or reports of  Osprey in need of help. On the evening of  June 17, 2012 a concerned citizen brought a dead Osprey to the sanctuary that appeared to have been hit by … Continue reading →