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9 Aug -- Luke's locations
since he was tagged on July 27th at Mink Meadows through the 9th of
August. His first move was down to the Felix Neck nest, where we tagged
Felix on the 28th. The staff at the Neck thought they were seeing double
when they saw two birds around the nest with antennae! From there, Luke
went up to a nest on Paul's Point, then spent time at the Saltonstall nest
near Harlock's Pond in Seven Gates, and the Cedar Tree Neck nest. He has been
down hunting at West Tisbury Great Pond, as well as Watcha Pond on the
south shore. He's also spent some time at the fresh water ponds along
North Road, where Homer likes to fish as well.
We know from many observations that young Ospreys
will hang out at neighboring nests, but until we tagged Luke, no one had
documented how many different nests one bird will visit, nor how far from
home they will stray for "play dates". Given all the travelling
Luke has done since we tagged him, and the few days he's spent at Mink
Meadows, I suspect he wasn't even born there but was just just passing by and
saw some fish in the nest and thought he'd help himself. The reward for
helping himself was a brand new GPS transmitter.
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