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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01B2_01C8ABBC.46AC56C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I noticed the other day that the purpose-built osprey nesting = platform just outside of the N. S. Museum on Summer St. in Halifax is = being ignored by its intended users. It contains only a few sticks, and = there are no ospreys around. Does anyone known whether this platform was = ever successfully used for nesting? How many years has it been in place? In previous years ospreys have nested, or at least attempted to, on = top of one of the tall light poles at the nearby sports field. I = understand that this caused problems when the lights stayed on late into = the night during the baseball season. I see ospreys fishing in the nearby public gardens pond, or else = perched on a tree nearby, every time I walk or bicycle by. They are = quite habituated to cars and pedestrians. Dusan Soudek ------=_NextPart_000_01B2_01C8ABBC.46AC56C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16640" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> I noticed the other day that = the=20 purpose-built osprey nesting platform just outside of the N. S. Museum = on Summer=20 St. in Halifax is being ignored by its intended users. It contains=20 only a few sticks, and there are no ospreys around. Does anyone = known=20 whether this platform was ever successfully used for nesting? How = many=20 years has it been in place?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> In previous years ospreys have = nested,=20 or at least attempted to, on top of one of the tall = light poles at the=20 nearby sports field. I understand that this caused problems when = the lights=20 stayed on late into the night during the baseball season.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> I see ospreys fishing in = the nearby=20 public gardens</FONT> <FONT face=3DArial>pond, or else perched on a = tree=20 nearby, every time I walk or bicycle by. They are quite habituated to = cars and=20 pedestrians.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial> Dusan = Soudek</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_01B2_01C8ABBC.46AC56C0--
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