Comments on: Nesting Ospreys

By: flandrumhill

flandrumhill — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:47:58 +0000

Sybil, yes those ospreys are something else. I checked out a local nest again a couple of days ago and was pleased to see a bird still in it. Glad you’re enjoying the site.

By: Sybil

Sybil — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:59:35 +0000

Hi again, I’m learning a lot from your website.

Didn’t know that the Osprey was NS’s official bird.

Ospreys are returning to our area and can now be seen nesting on poles all over the area.

They are marvellous !

Best wishes, Sybil

By: flandrumhill

flandrumhill — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:18:35 +0000

Suzie, I didn’t know you were from BC. I lived there for a few years before moving to NS. It took me years to get over missing the mountains whenever I’d walk outside.

Was this Walmart in Bedford? There was a huge Osprey nest there a couple of years ago that had to be moved by NS Power.

Gerry, I can see their point in wanting a state bird that’s a year round resident, but that would certainly limit possible choices. We might all end up with chickadees as provincial birds in Canada if we did the same.

Thanks JoAnn. The nests are truly humongous.

pj, apparently the size of Nova Scotia’s Osprey population is second only to Florida’s.

By: p.j. grath

p.j. grath — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:20:40 +0000

Now I have a very different place from Florida with which to associate osprey nests. They are true citizens of the world.

By: JoAnn

JoAnn — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:30:46 +0000

Amazing nest – great photos.

By: Gerry

Gerry — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:25:12 +0000

Talk about sibling rivalry. Wuff.

It’s interesting that your provincial bird and our state bird (the robin) migrate. There’s a move here to name the chickadee to the honor instead, as it stays around all year!