Helen Wood Park Osprey Platform
Published on December 05, 2011
By Genevieve Belou, Programs Coordinator
Our local Osprey population just acquired some new real estate! Thanks to The Nature Conservancy, Earth Share and Gazzier Marine Services, one of ACF’s Osprey platforms was installed last week in Helen Wood Park.
This platform, which was built by Fletcher Thompson as an Eagle Scout project, is dedicated to the memory of Max Harman for his appreciation for the natural and love of birds. There will be a brief dedication at Helen-Wood Park in January 2012 at our 100-1000 Helen Wood Park Clean-Up. For more information about Ospreys and Osprey platforms, please read Kandice O’Grady’s Osprey blog post by clicking here.
Here are some photos of the installation, which took place the morning of December 2.
A beautiful morning for installing the platform, cool and dry with a low tide.
Photo by Jeff DeQuattro, TNC
Workers from Gazzier Marine Services readying the pole.
Photo by Jeff DeQuattro, TNC
A closer look at preparation for lifting the pole.
The pole is up!
Photo by Jeff DeQuattro, TNC
The workers are now driving the pole into the bay floor.
The platform is now being prepared to be lifted.
Photo by Jeff DeQuattro
A closer view.
Lifting the platform.
Nailing the platform to the pole. This part took three people!
Success! The Gazzier barge floats away.
The Helen Wood Park Osprey Platform looking towards the East.
The Dog River Bridge is to the West. What a view for a lucky Osprey family!
This will soon be an Osprey's home. We even saw one checking it out as we left the park.
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