barbibird
VA, US

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On utility pole at Fort DeSoto
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activity12 months
Followers1
This pair of ospreys nested on the chimney of a vacant property for several years. The building was damaged in IAN and the chimney was crumbling. The chicks were rescued and moved to a platform under a rehab permit. We also took blood samples f...
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activity12 months
Followers1
Replaced a wooden platform to a fiberglass dish and added a perch on 1/4/2013. Located in the back of school, next to playground.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 7 years
Followers29
The platform was struck by lighting last year 2015. Pair will have to relocate.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
This nest is on a street light in the median of East Lake Road.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 8 years
Followers3
The famous "lopsided nest" at Fort Desoto boat ramp. Nest no longer present as of 12/2013. Pair now on platform Nest #4568.
SubstrateDead Tree
Last activityover 9 years
Followers5
Adults are named Pinella and Stirling. Successful fledge named Piper for season 2014. 2013 young Osprey named Sparky passed away 6/10/2013. 2 other eggs never hatched. 2012 3 eggs, none hatched. Pinella's first year with Stirling as his mate wa...
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers5
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
New pair building a nest on top of a light standard in front of Walgreens. It's the second store that's been hit this week!
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 8 years
Followers3
SubstrateDead Tree
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
Co-located on a distribution system.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers3
Antenna co-located on a transmission structure.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers3
Osprey nest in a live pine.
SubstrateLive Tree
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
The tree isn't in good shape, it is turning into a snag quickly.
SubstrateLive Tree
Last activityover 10 years
Followers2
Business plaza cut down the pine tree the male used to roost on. A perch is needed.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
This nest is built in an out of commission crane that was left up.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
This has been an active osprey nest since the mid to late 90's. For 2011/2012 it has been occupied by a pair of bald eagles. It is a very weak platform and needs to be replaced.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityover 11 years
Followers2
Osprey was hit by a car in spring of 2011. Died at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Platform mounted on athletic field lights. All wooden poles were pulled from this field approxmiately 4 years ago. The poles were donated and are the ones used for several of the independant platforms installed in Pinellas. The high school now h...
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
DOT is considering a pole and platform in the right of way.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
This was the site of another impalement. The tower has since been modified.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityalmost 9 years
Followers4
Platform is attached to the side of the structure is at least 150' high.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers3
Co-located on a distribution system.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers3
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers3
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
SubstrateLive Tree
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
SubstrateLive Tree
Last activityover 11 years
Followers2
SubstrateDead Tree
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Platform has been up for 4 seasons, going into the 5th for 2012. Productivity History. 2011 - 0 did not nest, bald eagles and great horned owls also in the immediate vicinity. 2010 - 1. 2009 - 0, failed cause unknown. 2008 - 2 chicks.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityover 10 years
Followers2
Annual nest atop channel market 36. It was cleaned off in the fall but has been rebuilt. I am pretty sure the parent was sitting on eggs but couldn't be certain...it was in no hurry to leave.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers3
Needs to be replaced.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
Situated on top of athletic lights. One of this pair was impaled on a lightning rod on a light fixutre to the south of this one on 12/31/10. There are several nests in the park and many of them had lightning rods right in the middle of their nes...
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Platform situation on top of atheltic field lights.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Co-located on athletic field lights.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Co-located on athletic field lights.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers3
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
SubstrateLive Tree
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Co-located on a distribution system.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers4
Osprey originally tried to nest on the light signal on the bridge. DOT removed the nest but the osprey persisted so a pole and platform was installed by Barb Walker, Clearwater Audubon Society.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityalmost 8 years
Followers3
Speculation platform. Ospreys making nesting attempts on nearby power lines.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Platform installed in mid 90's by Florida Power. Had deteriorated and became and unsuitable nesting structure. Platform was replace this year with a suitable wooden structure however the whole structure is slated for replacement to a new pole an...
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Relocate from the business sign just to the nw in the median by Barb Walker, Clearwater Audubon Society, 2012.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityalmost 9 years
Followers4
Needs to be replaced.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers3
Needs to be replaced.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers3
Needs to be replaced.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers3
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers3
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers3
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers3
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers3
SubstrateUtility Pole
Last activityover 10 years
Followers7
Not kidding.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Light standard in Toys R Us Parking Lot.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers3
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Situated on top of pole.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers3
Needs to be replaced.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers4
This is a set of four flat light standards. The osprey nest was moved to an independant pole with a wooden platform. The osprey uses the new nest but continues to build his alternate nest here in his first pick location annually.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Independant pole with wooden platform. Installed by Barb Walker, Clearwater Audubon Society. This osprey still rebuilds in his first location but uses the platform for mating and incubating. This pair has not yet produced young. They have fail...
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 10 years
Followers2
Fiberglass dish co-located on a power distribution system. For 2011 both young pre-fledge, were rescued, taken to the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey, rehabiliated and released together.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers3
This is a fiberglass dish co-located on a power distribution system. The young from this nest are frequently hit by cars during fledging. This platform has a higher rate of mortality.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
This nest is co-located on a power distribution system. At one point in time, prior to the installation of the platform an osprey was electrocuted on this line.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers3
Wooden platform installed for a pair of osprey that had previously nested on the tennis court lights. A fiberglass dish platform was installed for them but another pair of ospreys stole it before they could make the move.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityover 11 years
Followers2
Fiberglass dish installed on independant pole.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityover 11 years
Followers2
Installed for a pair of ospreys nesting just east of the platform on a single light standard.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityover 11 years
Followers2
Fiberglass dish co-located on a power distribution system.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
One of the larger nests in Pinells County. Has the appearence of being three nests stacked on top of each other.
SubstrateDead Tree
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Antennae co-located on a transmission power system.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
Relocated from another dead tree that fell in the same area.
SubstrateDead Tree
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
This is a nest on a transmission tower. An eagle actually has built the nest of three different places on this same tower. One year the eagle got all the way to incubating but the nest failed due to interactions with crows. The eagle leaves thi...
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
This nest was located on what is called an 'H' structure. Two wooden utility poles with a crossbar. This structure no longer exists but it is now a fiberglass dish platform on a steel constructed distribution system.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
Was on an H structure, now on steel constructed distribution system, fiberglass dish.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
Located on the lower north arm.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
Located on the lower arm of the north side.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
This is now a steel constructred distribution system with a co-located fiberglass dish.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
Located on the lower arm of the north side of the tower.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
Nest located on the lower arm of the north side.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 1 year
Followers3
This is a fiberglass dish co-located on a distribution system. One pole south of this location an osprey was electrocuted.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers3
Platform is deteriorating and is on a list for replacment to a fiberglass dish style platform.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Wooden platform installed on an independant pole. Nest was moved from T-Mobile tower due to tower damage. This nest was particularly large and had been in the cell tower for over a decade. A deterrent was put up in the tower. The osprey had no...
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
This is a wooden platform co-located on a TECO distribution system.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 10 years
Followers2
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityover 10 years
Followers2
This nest was relocated from a railroad crossing arm about 20 feet over a busy road. Now stands on an independant pole.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers3
Installed by Barb Walker, Clearwater Audubon Society. Nest had been on the Muvico business sign and was causing damage. Nest was quite low, about 25 feet at that point and was susceptible to pranks.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Independant pole and platform along Pinellas trail in Ozona.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Co-located on a power distribution line. Nest was huge but the pole was damaged near the top and broke completely off during a storm. Threw the dish off like a frisbee.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Independant pole and wooden platform. Platform broke in 2011. Osprey chicks were rescued and replaced on a new wooden platform which was installed by Barb Walker, Clearwater Audubon Society.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityover 11 years
Followers2
This is a fiberglass dish osprey platform co-located on a power line in the distribution system.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 8 years
Followers2
Fiberglass dish style platform co-located on a power distribution system.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 8 years
Followers2
Fiberglass dish style platform co-located on a power distribution system.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 10 years
Followers2
Fiberglass dish platform co-located on a power distribution system.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 10 years
Followers3
Independent pole with fiberglass dish platform. Pair previously nested in a dead tree which fell. Pole and Platform was installed by Progress Energy and Barb Walker and Clearwater Audubon Society.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityalmost 12 years
Followers2
New nest for 2012.
SubstrateDead Tree
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
Wooden platform co-located on a power distribution system.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
This nest is on a cell tower that is constructed to look like a church bell tower. Located at the East Lake United Methodist Church.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityover 11 years
Followers2
SubstrateLive Tree
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
This is a fiberglass dish on an independant pole. It was installed December of 2010 by Barb Walker, Clearwater Audubon Society. The osprey at this nest previously attempted a power line nest and a street light nest. The were unproductive in seaso...
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers2
SubstrateLive Tree
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers2
This is a nest on a flat light standard with two lights. It is completely gone by the end of the season each year. It has a protective barrier around it and has been there for at least a decade as of 2012.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 8 years
Followers2
Independant of distribution system
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers1
Co-located on TECO distribution system.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 11 years
Followers1
The tree is mostly dead and I would describe it as a snag. Property owners report the nest has raised 3 osprey chicks in the past!
SubstrateDead Tree
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers1
The tree is mostly dead and I would describe it as a snag. Property owners report the nest has raised 3 osprey chicks in the past!
SubstrateDead Tree
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers1
The tree is mostly dead and I would describe it as a snag. Property owners report the nest has raised 3 osprey chicks in the past!
SubstrateDead Tree
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers1
This nest was installed by Barb Walker, Clearwater Audubon Society. Osprey nest building is taking place on nearby power lines. This is a speculation platform with no osprey nesting on the platform yet.
SubstrateOsprey Nest Platform
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers1
Substrate looks like a big umbrella skeleton over a tall light standard. Perhaps meant to be a deterrant at one time.
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers1
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers1
SubstrateOther (Specify)
Last activityabout 12 years
Followers1

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