Conserve Wildlife: Osprey Numbers Continue to Rise!
Photo Credit: Ben Wurst
From Conserve Wildlife: Volunteers, CWF staff, and biologists with NJ Fish & Wildlife recently completed osprey nesting surveys throughout coastal areas of New Jersey. Each year these “osprey banders” complete “ground surveys” (referred to as ground surveys because they are surveying nests by land/sea, not by helicopter) that cover around 70% of the state population. I survey colonies on Barnegat Bay, Little Egg Harbor, and Absecon. The surveys are meant to keep track of the population and determine its health. During the surveys the banders access nesting areas mainly by boat since most ospreys nest in coastal areas or by water (their source of food).
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 7/15/2011 1:00 PM 
Categories: Birds
Tags: Osprey NJ fish and wildlife osprey nesting surveys birds barnegat bay
Categories: Birds
Tags: Osprey NJ fish and wildlife osprey nesting surveys birds barnegat bay
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