1/15
In 2018, we installed an osprey pole at the Field Station as part of the Osprey Nesting Platform and Habitat Enhancement Project. Mark Clapsadl and Brian Haas built a nesting platform on the top of a utility pole.
2/15
We affixed some driftwood and a perch to the osprey platform to make it more appealing to osprey.
3/15
Contractors came to install the osprey pole. A truck with a crane was used to move and install the pole.
4/15
Contractors came to install the osprey pole. A truck with a crane was used to move and install the pole.
5/15
The truck also had an auger for drilling the hole for the osprey pole.
6/15
The truck also had an auger for drilling the hole for the osprey pole.
7/15
The truck also had an auger for drilling the hole for the osprey pole.
8/15
The truck also had an auger for drilling the hole for the osprey pole.
9/15
Once the hole was finished, the crew installed the osprey pole.
10/15
Once the hole was finished, the crew installed the osprey pole.
11/15
Once the hole was finished, the crew installed the osprey pole.
12/15
Once the hole was finished, the crew installed the osprey pole.
13/15
Once the hole was finished, the crew installed the osprey pole.
14/15
The crew filled in the hole around the osprey pole to stabilize it.
