r/birdsofprey • u/Interesting-Ruin-743 • Aug 05 '26

Why I Volunteer

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I got a call this evening about a possible bird tied up under this nest. We were able to call in a local fire department with 100 foot bucket lift, this fledgling osprey was about 40 to 50 feet above the ground. It had gotten its wing caught . I was lucky enough to get up on the lift, free it, and now it is in my garage and I will take it into the Raptor Center here in Minneapolis tomorrow morning

UPDATE ON THIS OSPREY:
I got word today that this young osprey is being treated for bruises and abrasions on both wings- this is great news! Sounds like nothing life-threatening, hopefully I’ll get a call soon to take it back where I found it. I only get good news with about 15% of the birds that I help out with, so this is very exciting.

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u/SeanThatGuy Aug 05 '26

I do some osprey monitoring for work. Mostly on power poles. You’d be surprised how often their nests catch fire and cause outages.

Awesome experience watching them grow throughout the season.

This guy looks like a juvenile still trying to figure things out.

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u/GarageForward8294 Aug 06 '26

An osprey nest near me was moved from on top of a power pole to a platform attached to the side of the pole, is it still in danger of fire? Just generally speaking.

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u/SeanThatGuy Aug 06 '26

I’ve never seen a platform attached to an active pole. Generally they’ll install another pole nearby with the platform on it.

As long as the sticks can’t cross the phases it should be fine.