Posts Tagged ‘rescue’
Monday, July 6th, 2020
by Ben Wurst, Habitat Program Manager
Summer is here. As we reach the peak of the osprey nesting season in New Jersey, we conduct surveys to monitor their overall nest success and health of the state wide population. These surveys are conducted by specially trained volunteers who devote much time to ensure ospreys have a future in New Jersey. These surveys have been conducted every year since the early 1970s and are crucial to track any possible downturn in a colony, watershed or region of the state. Ospreys are a very important indicator of the health of the environment in which they live. This is especially important in coastal areas where they support a booming shore economy that is built around clean water and abundant marine/estuarine ecosystems.
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Tags: 2020, Exit 50, Garden State Parkway, Mullica River, New Jersey, new jersey osprey project, NJ, osprey, raptor, rescue, summer, wildlife, WildlifeNJ
Posted in osprey, Wildlife News, Wildlife Protection | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
Bald eagle rescued, rehabilitated and released with satellite transmitter to track movements
by Kathy Clark, Endangered & Nongame Species Program, NJ Division of Fish & Wildlife
Pedro takes flight! photo by Marian Quinn.
On Sunday, April 15th, I got a call that three bald eagles were spotted in a farm field. Not too unusual in rural Salem County, but this good neighbor was rightly concerned that something was wrong. Pedricktown resident Steve Wilson approached the eagles and not only did they not fly away from him, but two could barely sit upright and a third was stumbling away. Steve made phone calls and, at 7:30 at night, couldn’t reach any of the wildlife centers or offices. Persisting, he made a connection with Dr. Erica Miller, a wildlife veterinarian who for over 20 years was both clinician and surgeon at Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research in Newark, Delaware. Erica is also a long-time partner on the NJ Bald Eagle Project, and called me about 7:45 that evening. (more…)
Tags: 2018, bald eagle, EagleTrax, New Jersey, NJ, Pedro, rescue, wildlife, WildlifeNJ
Posted in Birds, Eagles, Raptors, Wildlife News, Wildlife Protection | 4 Comments »
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
Posted in Birds, osprey, Raptors, Wildlife News, Wildlife Protection | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, July 13th, 2016
A promising outcome from a dangerous situation
by Ben Wurst, Habitat Program Manager
Yesterday evening, while conducting an osprey nest survey at Sedge Island Wildlife Management Area, I received a message from a local wildlife photographer about an osprey nestling that was entangled. I talked to the photographer, Rich Nicol and got detailed information about the situation, the nest, and started to formulate a plan to address the situation. After learning that the nest was on a 35-40’ high pole, I knew that I wouldn’t be able to get up there without some help. Yes – a large ladder would suffice, but it would be tricky to handle the situation (with the bird being entangled). You see, after seeing photos of the young osprey, I knew it was RTF (Ready To Fly). Ospreys fledge or take their first flight at around 7-8 weeks of age. The entangled osprey was around 7 weeks old. I knew we had to act quickly to catch the bird and untangle it before it tried to fledge. This morning I saw the photos that Rich took and it clearly showed that the young osprey had monofilament or a net around its neck… (more…)
Tags: 2016, Barnegat Bay, Bayville, Berkeley Twp, bird, JCP&L, New Jersey, NJ, osprey, project redband, raptor, rescue
Posted in osprey, Wildlife Protection | 14 Comments »
