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An Osprey built it's nest on a highway traffic cam, putting their nest and future chicks in danger of the busy traffic below.
Maryland Transportation Authority "contacted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and was directed to its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, which has jurisdiction over such matters whether it involves endangered or protected species or just general animal health and welfare. APHIS told the MdTA they could move the nest but only because there were no eggs or young birds in it."
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[QUOTE]The persistent ospreys have a more permanent nest option away from traffic cameras now that a platform is in place Thursday morning.
The platform was secured in the area of the Bay Bridge at about 10:45 a.m. Thursday. It came after the federally protected birds returned and built another nest Wednesday afternoon -- but this time in front of a different traffic camera in the same area.
The Maryland Transportation Authority says[B] from noon to 12:15 p.m. Monday through Thursday that its osprey cam will pan and hold on the nest so people can watch the female osprey.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE]Craig Koppie, a raptor biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services' Chesapeake Bay field office, said the platform moved them not only from the camera, but to a safer spot entirely. Earlier they were right above the signage for the Route 50 Expressway.
"We're basically going to entice the osprey pair to move over. Because they are going to see that the new location, the new added structure, provides what they need on a flat surface," says Koppie.
The new spot is only 15 feet away and Koppie says he is confident the spot will be more appealing to the ospreys.[/QUOTE]
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