Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Marblehead's new osprey nesting pole is expected to be up and running next month.
A pair of local residents hoping to install an osprey nesting pole at Marblehead's Goldthwait Reservation cleared their final hurdle Monday night when the reservation's board of trustees gave the project the green light. The effort is being spear-headed by local residents Charles Ives and Christian Schluter, who recently got the OK from the Marblehead Conservation Commission to install a 20-foot tall platform for the raptors to nest on. The tentative date for putting the pole in is Saturday, April 10 at 10 a.m. Ive said local residents are welcome to stop by and see it being erected. What's an osprey? An osprey, sometimes referred to as a sea hawk, is a large predatory bird with a wingspan slightly smaller than that of an eagle. The osprey…
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Monday, January 14, 2013
With an osprey nesting pole going in at Goldthwait Reservation, we have to ask: have you ever seen one in Marblehead?
At their meeting at the Mary Alley Municipal Building Thursday night, the Marblehead Conservation Commission unanimously approved a request to erect an osprey nesting pole at the Goldthwait Reservation. Appearing before commission members Thursday were local residents Charles Ives and Christian Schluter, who presented plans to install a 20-foot tall platform for the raptors to nest on. All that is required for the perch is a 30-foot cedar beam, which will be buried about eight feet down into the ground in a marshy area near the "beach end" of the property. The pole is expected to be put in sometime in the spring, Ives said. So, we have to ask - have you ever seen an osprey in Marblehead? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Friday, January 11, 2013
The Conservation Commission paved the way Thursday night for an osprey nesting pole at Marblehead's Goldthwait Reservation.
At their meeting at the Mary Alley Municipal Building Thursday night, the Marblehead Conservation Commission unanimously approved a request to erect an osprey nesting pole at the Goldthwait Reservation. Appearing before commission members Thursday were local residents Charles Ives and Christian Schluter, who presented plans to install a 20-foot tall platform for the raptors to nest on. What's an osprey? An osprey, sometimes referred to as a sea hawk, is a large predatory bird with a wingspan slightly smaller than that of an eagle. The osprey eats primarily live fish, but will dine on an occasional rodent here and there. "I've seen these a number of times over the years," Ives said. "Some of these nests are populated year-round but the …
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mary p. ayer
1:58 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013
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