Ospreys Affected by Derecho - Wildlife Gardeners

bridget1964 · 07-31-2012, 09:13 AM

A friend of mine, Ben Wurst, works for an organization called 'Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ. He recently wrote a blog post about how New Jersey's osprey population was greatly impacted by the derecho on June 30.

Osprey surveys completed Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey

recurve · 07-31-2012, 09:28 AM

That storm sure was something we had gusts of 85 mph here and many were without power for 7-10 days. Thankfully the osprey fledglings on the reservoir I survey made it through alright. You can have all the habitat requirements just perfect but weather is still the number one cause of nestling mortality in many bird species usually it's poor weather through an entire nesting season that has a major impact but the fact this one storm claimed such a large number of nestlings has to be discouraging.

bridget1964 · 07-31-2012, 09:39 AM

We lost of a lot of birds in that storm. I helped rescue a bunch of yellow crowned night herons not far from Atlantic City. May of the young fell from their nests in low growing pitch pine trees to the ground below. We probably rescued 10-15, but that many or more died. It was horrible to find so many dead and dyig babies on the ground.

You are very lucky your ospreys made it!

07-31-2012, 09:13 AM	#1
bridget1964 Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA	Ospreys Affected by Derecho A friend of mine, Ben Wurst, works for an organization called 'Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ. He recently wrote a blog post about how New Jersey's osprey population was greatly impacted by the derecho on June 30. Osprey surveys completed Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey __________________ "Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower." ~Hans Christian Anderson http://mslenahan.edublogs.org/

07-31-2012, 09:39 AM	#3
bridget1964 Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA	We lost of a lot of birds in that storm. I helped rescue a bunch of yellow crowned night herons not far from Atlantic City. May of the young fell from their nests in low growing pitch pine trees to the ground below. We probably rescued 10-15, but that many or more died. It was horrible to find so many dead and dyig babies on the ground. You are very lucky your ospreys made it! __________________ "Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower." ~Hans Christian Anderson http://mslenahan.edublogs.org/

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07-31-2012, 09:28 AM	#2
recurve Heron Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: powell,Ohio	That storm sure was something we had gusts of 85 mph here and many were without power for 7-10 days. Thankfully the osprey fledglings on the reservoir I survey made it through alright. You can have all the habitat requirements just perfect but weather is still the number one cause of nestling mortality in many bird species usually it's poor weather through an entire nesting season that has a major impact but the fact this one storm claimed such a large number of nestlings has to be discouraging.