Blog 439 Navigating in an Osprey World Part 2
Canada geese claiming an Osprey nest as theirs, courtesy of Boulder Daily Camera. Canada geese are early-season nesters in New York and breeds in areas surrounded by or close to water. In early April, they will select nest sites on islands, the shores of cattail and bulrush marshes, planter boxes, the bases of trees, the tops of muskrat lodges, and on haystacks. Increasing Canada goose populations and their mounds of feces cause numerous environmental problems. As their numbers A female Osprey tries to evict a goose from her nest, courtesy of WyoFile. increase and nesting sites become harder to find, geese often take over unoccupied nests of eagles, herons, and Osprey. On rare occasions, geese and Osprey have been able to breed in the same nest serially, but this is far from the norm. Ospreys do their best to expel the honking intruders from their nests. When a goose attempted to nest in the Salmon Creek nest in Lansing, Orpheus did his best to oust the interloper, but despite his best...