Ospreys are headed north!

by Ben Wurst, Habitat Program Manager

Now is the time to repair, maintain, replace existing platforms and install new nesting platforms for ospreys. Over the next four weeks we’ll be busy doing just this. We have plans to do work in many areas throughout the coastal zone of New Jersey from as far north as Bayonne then down on the Barnegat Bay, Mullica River and south to Avalon.

The cutoff date for nest repairs is April 1st, when the nesting season begins. Over the next few weeks more and more ospreys will be appearing with larger concentrations towards the end of the month. If you see a new nest this year, please let us know so we can include it in our annual surveys.

A historic osprey platform on Barnegat Bay awaits the return of ospreys. © Ben Wurst

Tags: 2012, New Jersey, osprey

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