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Councilors say they will explore safe nesting platform after resident flags osprey nest on Distal utility pole
Summary
A resident urged the council to fund and install a nearby osprey nesting platform for a federally protected raptor nesting at the Distal open-space property. Council members asked staff to investigate and said they supported quick action before fall migration.
A Longmont resident told the City Council on July 29 that an osprey family has nested on a utility pole inside the Distal open-space property and asked the city to fund and install a nearby nesting platform to reduce the risk of electrocution, worker hazard and fire. The speaker said the bird — nicknamed “Ozzy” — uses a nest that could be endangered by the pole location and that…
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