|The thing that probably fascinates me the most is the way critters act |despite (or in spite of) nearby population centers. Of course, there |are sensitive species, but a great number of critters, given 100 yards |of free space, act like there are no humans for miles. Yep. There is an Osprey nest near my usual putin. It is a stand of dead trees at the intersection of three fingers of the lake. The tree seems to shrink every year and gets closer to the water. What is wierd is that a mile by kayak, less by Osprey, is another stand of timber that is very isolated up one of the lake fingers. There is an old paved road that was flooded out by the lake and at normal and low lake levels only very shallow draft boats can get passed the road to get to the timber. Why do the Osprey stay? There is another nest just north of the first nest as well. The intersection is very busy and I just can't figure out why they don't move to a quieter place. Later... Dgf *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Sep 28 1999 - 08:05:59 PDT
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