Posts Tagged ‘LBI’
Thursday, March 1st, 2018
On a cool and cloudy Monday morning, CWF Habitat Program Manager, Ben Wurst was joined by News 12 New Jersey reporter, Tony Caputo to highlight the osprey’s triumphant recovery in the Garden State. Ben was working in the field to repair a few osprey nests and complete the first of several nest checks at a nearby peregrine falcon nest. We work tirelessly to ensure that when ospreys return from their wintering areas that their nesting platform are in good condition.
Ospreys have recovered from around 50 nests in the early 1970s to a record 668 nests documented in 2017.
Click on the screenshot above or here to watch online.
Tags: 2018, bird, LBI, New Jersey, News 12 NJ, NJ, osprey, raptor, Sedge Island, WildlifeNJ
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Friday, February 23rd, 2018
Not your average birdhouse…
by Ben Wurst, Habitat Program Manager
We were subcontracted by NJDOT to install a new nesting tower for peregrine falcons in Stafford Twp., Ocean County. We’ve assisted NJ Fish & Wildlife with monitoring the falcon nest that was previously located beneath the Route 72 Causeway Bridge for the past several years. The new tower is located on Bonnet Island and highly visible on the eastbound side of Route 72. (more…)
Tags: 2018, atlantic white-cedar, bird, Bonnet Island, falcon, LBI, Long Beach Island, nest tower, New Jersey, NJ, NJDOT, peregrine falcon, post and beam, raptor, Route 72, Stafford Twp, tower, Visit LBI, wildlife, WildlifeNJ
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Friday, February 9th, 2018
A sign of success. CWF Volunteer Matt T. atop the newly constructed peregrine falcon nesting tower on Bonnet Island, Stafford Twp., NJ. The 16′ tower was built from locally grown white cedar and installed for a pair who formally nested beneath the Route 72 Causeway Bridge. photo by Ben Wurst
Tags: 2018, falcon, LBI, LBI Region, monochrome, nest, nesting tower, NJ, njenviro, Ocean County, peregrine falcon, photo from the field, Route 72, Stafford Twp, tower, wildlife, WildlifeNJ
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Monday, December 4th, 2017
Proof that life is never easy for young ospreys
by Ben Wurst, Habitat Program Manager
Ready to release Chump. RIP, Chump! photo by Northside Jim.
I thought long and hard about sharing this news, hence the delay in this post. In late October, we received news that a young osprey I banded this summer was re-sighted. It turns out that this bird was not your average young osprey, out of the 892 produced this year. This young bird hatched at a nest behind the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, around June 11th, a nest referred to as home to “LBI’s Most Famous Osprey Couple, Jack & Wendy.” He was banded, along with his nestlings, on July 5th. He was tagged with a red auxiliary “field readable” band: 78/D, as part of Project RedBand, which allows fellow biologists and citizen scientists the ability to identify the bird while still alive (most osprey band reports occur during mortality based events). At the time of banding, he was also given the name Chump, by Northside Jim.
A few weeks after being banded, a local resident reported a bird in distress (on the ground) at LBIF and I contacted Jim to see if he could respond. Long story short, he did and Chump was rehabbed within six weeks at Toms River Avian Care (on August 30th). After being released, we watched Chump make a strong flight around the marsh at LBIF until he flew off into the distance. We could only hope that he was strong enough to survive on his own, since he was too old for his parents to accept him back where he hatched. (more…)
Tags: bird, Chump, LBI, LBIF, Long Beach Island, New Jersey, NJ, osprey, ospreylivesmatter, raptor
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Thursday, August 31st, 2017
“Chump” is rescued, rehabbed, and released
by Ben Wurst, Habitat Program Manager
Chump, what are you doing down there? Photo by Northside Jim.
On Sunday, July 30th I woke and checked my email early that morning. I had an urgent message from Deb Traster, who lives adjacent to the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences (LBIF). She said that something was not right with one of the young ospreys that fledged from a nearby nesting platform where I banded three nestlings with red bands on July 5. One was on the ground and could not take off. Fearing the worst (entanglement), she checked it out and sought help. After getting in touch with me, I reached out to my buddy, Northside Jim to see if he could get there that morning. (more…)
Tags: 2017, bird, LBI, LBIF, Long Beach Island, New Jersey, NJ, Northside Jim, osprey, Pandion haliaetus, raptor, rehabilitation, release, rescue, The Sandpaper, Toms River Avian Care
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