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"Friends of the Osprey" Award
This page is dedicated to those individuals
and organizations who have assisted OWSEM in its goal of promoting osprey
awareness, assistance, protection, and concern for our feathered friends.
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Jim Kortge photo; used with permission
July 2006
Our first "Friends of the Osprey" award for 2006 goes to these special people from Skyline Services. They are from left to right, Dave Clevinger, Steve Cirelli, Jerry Hawkins, and Brad Leach. For the second year in a row, they took a day out of their busy schedule to rig and climb the Acme and Lake Nepessing towers, safely remove the chicks from the nest, ferry them to the ground and then back up after banding, and finally, safely return the chicks to their nest. This is hot, hard, very specialized, and potentially hazardous work, and this group of individuals did a marvelous job!
Without their help and dedication in assisting the DNR and Detroit Zoo staffs with these tasks, banding of the chicks in these two, 190 foot high cell tower nests could not have been accomplished! Their wonderful support of the osprey reintroduction efforts in southeast michigan is truly appreciated and recognized by OWSEM. We look forward to working with them again next nesting season.
Thanks again Dave, Jerry, Steve, and Brad; you guys rock!
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Annette Piechowski photo; used with permission.
September 2005
This month's award, our first for 2005, goes to Laura and Bill Jordan, along with the great staff at their Medina Raptor Center near Cleveland, OH. A female osprey taken to Laura's facility after being shot at Portage Lakes, OH was successfully rehabilitated and released after many months of effort. These folks were successful in getting this osprey's wing repaired and healed, getting her to eat, managing her through flight retraining, and repairing her broken tail feathers. A full page of pictures with the complete story on this amazing effort is here!
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| May 2004
This month's award goes to the kind folks of McFarlin Tower Co. They are from left to right John and Lucinda McFarlin, and David and John Owen. Working for SPRINT and LCC Inc., they completed antenna installation work on the 180-foot high cell tower next to Acme Building Materials Inc., with minimal disturbance to the nesting ospreys. They scheduled many installation activities to accomodate the needs of the three, two-week old chicks. Each day, Dave even delivered supplemetal fish to the nest for the female to feed herself and her brood. Toward the end of the project, the female would remain on or near the nest while workers were on the tower. The crew's willingness to protect the well-being of this osprey family while doing their work is most appreciated by OWSEM.
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| June 2004
This award goes to our friends at Acme Building Materials Inc. in Brighton. They have watched the ospreys on the cell tower behind their business all of last year, and have been of great help in providing information on last year's and this year's nesting activities. Most recently, they assisted OWSEM with telephone alerts and information regarding cell tower upgrades, that caused the female to leave the nest for long periods of time, potentially harming the eggs. This situation has been resolved for the near term, but serious issues still remain regarding the well-being of the ospreys versus ongoing cell tower maintenance. Our grateful thanks to the folks at Acme for their help.
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