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« Reply #90 on: January 15, 2010, 08:44:08 AM » |
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What gets me is how they time it like they do  Here's the other one too......... It's because owls are awesome!!! |
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« Reply #91 on: January 16, 2010, 11:55:38 AM » |
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Oh Dot, the owls are only awesome to us. They are predators of the osprey. I emailed the owl photos to the woman I report to for osprey nest monitoring and she had the same thought I did...the owls are scouting a nest which would mean no ospreylets this year.
I'll take a shot at answering Caerann's questions the best that I can:
Are there any problems between the visiting Great Horned "Ospreys" and our resident falcons at the King Plant? I wondered if anyone has observed any interactions going on between the two species?
Great Horned Owls (GHO) are known as "the tigers of the sky" for a reason. I've read that they prey on 200 species of creatures. They eat anything. When the peregrines were reintroduced on the cliffs after DTD was banned, it was speculated that it was the GHO's who killed the eyasses. Any interactions would only be at dawn or dusk since GHO'a are nocturnal (active at night) and peregrines are diurnal (active during the day). I'm guessing the peregrine adults and adult owls don't cross paths much.
Same questions would apply but to the actual Osprey and the falcons. Any problems between those two?
I monitor osprey at the Black Dog. I haven’t seen the peregrines go after the osprey at Black Dog, but the nesting/hormones in the peregrines may trigger them to attack the osprey. I’ve seen a peregrine go after a bald eagle at BD. Normally raptors go after predators or competitors for food. Ospreys and peregrines don’t compete for food and are not predators to each other.
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« Reply #92 on: January 16, 2010, 10:32:21 PM » |
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Diane-----that was a very nice gentle reminder, that these beautiful owls we love, aren't love by those that they prey on---but, we still love them, as well as those that are prey.............nature has it's own agenda-------I feel like a grateful bystander, most of the time, and when things happen that distress me, I try to remember....it's not up to me, and just go with whatever happens.
(Not that it's easy)
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« Reply #93 on: January 18, 2010, 02:23:51 PM » |
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Thank you so much for the great pic and the information, King Operator! It helps to know the relative locations of the nests. I hope there will be no problems for Brent and Belinda with the GHOs.
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« Reply #94 on: January 18, 2010, 07:30:29 PM » |
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The Great Horned Owls were back again this evening:
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« Reply #95 on: January 20, 2010, 05:44:05 PM » |
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One GHO returned this evening:
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« Reply #96 on: January 28, 2010, 03:48:54 PM » |
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I've learned that at some point during the next year or so, the old barge unloader at the Allen S. King Plant will be removed from the St. Croix River in preparation for the new river crossing bridge. As you know, the osprey nest is on that structure. My guess is that the nest will be relocated to a pole nearby. If I hear anything more I will post such.
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« Reply #97 on: January 28, 2010, 06:38:39 PM » |
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Well drat, you mean they are finally going to do the bridge? Years ago they bought out a bunch of houses in Oak Park Heights and the father of a gal I worked with had to move and it ended his home-based car repair business since he was close to retiring and all the houses sold and moved or tore down. That has to be at least 14 years ago. Then I heard it was going a different place. I hope the ospreys relocate ok  As an aside, I've been checking every night and haven't seen the owls since January 20th. |
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« Reply #98 on: January 28, 2010, 10:24:54 PM » |
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Look at the moon rise reflected on the river ice. Pretty!
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« Reply #99 on: February 02, 2010, 03:18:37 AM » |
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Well drat, you mean they are finally going to do the bridge? Years ago they bought out a bunch of houses in Oak Park Heights and the father of a gal I worked with had to move and it ended his home-based car repair business since he was close to retiring and all the houses sold and moved or tore down. That has to be at least 14 years ago. Then I heard it was going a different place. I hope the ospreys relocate ok As an aside, I've been checking every night and haven't seen the owls since January 20th. Don't have an exact date for the bridge replacement yet as there is still plenty of controversy, but they are getting some preliminary items taken care of in advance..... |
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« Reply #100 on: February 08, 2010, 08:03:48 PM » |
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I never should have said that about not seeing the owls since Jan. 20th. It looks like one showed up tonight, at least I assume it's an owl, but it only stayed for one frame. The way the snow was a person could see enough the next couple hours and I couldn't make out one sitting there after the couple minutes "it" was there.
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« Reply #101 on: February 11, 2010, 08:28:38 PM » |
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One GHO was back again this evening; still there as it became completely dark.
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« Reply #102 on: February 22, 2010, 04:43:33 PM » |
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Whats life without animals?
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« Reply #103 on: February 22, 2010, 07:24:52 PM » |
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Oh we've begun the stetch where the Canada geese set up housekeeping for a while before the ospreys are back I remember watching them last year and wondering who was going to get to stay for the long-term. |
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« Reply #104 on: February 24, 2010, 09:41:07 PM » |
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Back again today:
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