Video Of Osprey NestFortisBC and Shaw Communications partnered during the nesting season to provide a close-up view of Ospreys in a nest on Benvoulin Road in Kelowna. The nest was relocated as part of FortisBC’s Osprey nest management program in 2007. The feed to the camera has now been turned off since the birds migrate south for the winter. Ospreys return to the same nest each year, so watch for live video again in the spring of 2010. In the meantime click below to watch short clips recorded during the 2009 nesting season.
Fixing the Nest:
Nest Building
Preening
Why FortisBC Has An Osprey Nest ProgramThe Osprey nest management program is part of FortisBC’s commitment to environmentally-responsible business practices. FortisBC protects Osprey by actively discouraging nest building on energized power poles and by removing Osprey from live poles to pre-constructed nesting platforms on poles installed nearby. FortisBC’s success with the program has seen more than 40 poles installed throughout the service territory. The program protects birds from electrocution and improves electrical safety and reliability. Birds nesting on energized poles can damage the electrical equipment, causing power outages or fire when nest debris falls on power lines. More About OspreysTo learn more about Ospreys check out the Royal BC Museum’s Living Landscapes website at http://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/cbasin/osprey/index.html or the Government of Canada’s website called Hinterland Who’s Who at http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=59
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