The Douglaston, NY Trail: "The Osprey's Nest" Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 3/7/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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"The Osprey's Nest" Douglaston is a very nice neighborhood. This series is a great walk year round for caching, as there are other caches nearby. Bring a camera to fool the muggles! Climb on one of the bigger rocks nearby to see the nest. It may or may not be occupied this year! Long pants recommended! Watch out for thorns and poison ivy. In the summer, wear bug repellent! Cache is a camo'd plastic jar.

Ospreys If the nest does become a home to a pair of birds, please take pictures and post them here! These magnificent birds, relatives of eagles, have raised young here each year since 1977. On April 30, 1997 UCPC installed an osprey nesting platform in the Alley Park portion of Little Neck Bay. Just a few weeks after the platform went up, a pair of osprey – also known as "fish hawks" – took up housekeeping. They successfully raised a brood during the summer of '97. Three chicks were born, of which at least two fledged (got to the point of flying on their own). The osprey returned early the following, and they’ve been back raising a new family each year since then. Osprey are native to virtually all of North America, and are widely distributed throughout the world. They feed exclusively on fish, which they catch with sharp, curved talons. Circling over the water or sitting on a perch at the water's edge, they use their keen eyesight to spot fish swimming near the surface. After swooping down and seizing their prey, they return to their nest or perch to eat. Ospreys build large nests of coarse sticks, seaweed and other material. Though nests may be built on the ground, they are more commonly set high up in dead trees near the edge of lakes, rivers or the seacoast. In developed areas, however, most such nesting sites have been eliminated by human beings. Osprey platforms are an alternative to which these relatives of the eagles have readily adapted.

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