Greetings fellow Bayshore Watershed folks,

Thanks to everyone who sent in emails with all the good information about Ospreys. Much Obliged!!!

As of today (March 22, 2008), the contest is officially over. We have our winners.

The winners of the first-ever Osprey Homecoming Discovery Contest are as follows:

First Place Winner:  Mike Fedosh – Monday, March 17^th, nest site located near the mouth of Matawan Creek on the Cliffwood Beach side.

Second Place Winner: Pat Coren, Wednesday, March 19^th, nest site located at Building 14, Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook.

Third Place Winner: Kari Martin, Saturday, March 22, nest site located near Belford Seafood Co-op and near the mouth of Comptons Creek.

Congratulations to all our winners!!!! What do they win, I am glad you asked. We have many wonderful prizes (ha):

Mike will be known as “King of the Ospreys” in 2008!

We will name an Osprey chick after Pat, and we will name a fish after Kari!

Just to recap the contest:

As many of you know, the Osprey is a migratory hawk (some people call them fish
hawks, because 99 percent of their diet consists of fish). Every year around
this time (after St. Patrick’s Day), they arrive to the Bayshore region (Raritan
Bay and Sandy Hook Bay) to build or repair a nest and raise their young.

Here is the contest: Let’s see who can be the first person to observe the arrival of an
Osprey in or near a nest or nest platform. Whoever can contact me first to say
that she/he observed an Osprey in or near a nest wins the contest!

Rules: Just be the first person to contact me at the Bayshore Watershed email
address (bayshorewatershed@comcast.net) with the date, time, and location of the
Osprey and the nest. The nest must be located on public property in the Bayshore
watershed region of Monmouth and Middlesex counties, from South Amboy eastward
to Sandy Hook. It would be helpful if you could supply a picture to go with your
submission, but not necessary. There are plenty of existing Osprey platforms in
Sandy Hook Bay and Raritan Bay, just pick one and start looking for the first
arrival of an Osprey. 
 

In addition to the three (3) nest sites mentioned above, there are many other nest sites around the Bayshore region between South Amboy eastward to Sandy Hook that still need to be observed for potential Osprey activity this spring and summer. Let’s see how many we can find!

It is great to see and hear the return of the Ospreys in the Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay region. If you haven’t done so, get out now and enjoy the sight of these beautiful birds as they prepare to make a home and raise a family in the Bayshore.

Thanks & fair winds,

Joe Reynolds

Co-chair

BRWC 

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