Barely 24 hours before a classic November nor’easter blew across the Cape, a new osprey pole went up on Little Island in West Falmouth.
Walking the pole to nesting site (photo by Mark Faherty)
It was another storm—back in July—that damaged the previous pole, a more homespun version, which lost its platform as well as the active nest resting on it. Sadly, the osprey chicks were killed.
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Little Island osprey nest destroyed by June 2014 storm (photo by Nancy McDonald)
But homeowners on Little Island wanted to restore the nest site.
Raising new pole (photo: Mark Faherty)
So on Halloween an assorted team of neighbors, staff from Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and various friends gathered under a gray sky to heave, hoist, hold and hammer in a very solid looking nest pole that should withstand the storms and test of time.
New nest pole stands tall (photo by Mark Faherty)
And we hope the birds will like it!
Pole raisers