WHERE DID THEY GO?
An osprey nest originally sat atop this utility pole on Siesta Key. Photo by Tatiana Staats
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT GIVES AN OSPREY PAIR A NEW, SAFER
NESTING LOCATION ON SIESTA KEY
By David Staats
Contributing Writer
Last week Siesta Seen reported on an osprey
nest built atop an electric utility pole at the
intersection of Midnight Pass Road and Beach
Road on Siesta Key. This week it was noticed
that the nest had been removed and relocated
to a dedicated osprey nesting platform some
30 yards to the west.
The relocation occurred on Jan. 16, as the
result of a request by the Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to
