In my town, there is an osprey nest on top of a telephone pole at the end of a sloping exit ramp on the highway. One can examine it really well while waiting at the stoplight, and it truly is a work of art. A few years ago the utility company tried taking it down two winters in a row, but the osprey couple would just rebuild it every spring, even the year the utility guys rigged up two traffic cones to deter them. Didn’t stop them: they just built a more compact one in between the cones! There were baby ospreys hanging half out of it the whole summer, they were so overcrowded! The utility finally gave up, took down the cones, and the ospreys were able to remodel and expand the following year.
Yes, it’s an amazing thing that I, personally, could not build with two hands and opposing thumbs what a bird can assemble with a mere and single beak.
lopaka over 4 years ago
Beautiful.
Ida No over 4 years ago
Being this great can be such a birch.
Zev over 4 years ago
In my town, there is an osprey nest on top of a telephone pole at the end of a sloping exit ramp on the highway. One can examine it really well while waiting at the stoplight, and it truly is a work of art. A few years ago the utility company tried taking it down two winters in a row, but the osprey couple would just rebuild it every spring, even the year the utility guys rigged up two traffic cones to deter them. Didn’t stop them: they just built a more compact one in between the cones! There were baby ospreys hanging half out of it the whole summer, they were so overcrowded! The utility finally gave up, took down the cones, and the ospreys were able to remodel and expand the following year.
6turtle9 over 4 years ago
Certainly something to crow about.
NaturLvr over 4 years ago
Yes, it’s an amazing thing that I, personally, could not build with two hands and opposing thumbs what a bird can assemble with a mere and single beak.
Widdershins over 4 years ago
A true work of art. :)
Willi Nilli over 4 years ago
Very nice