Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) are generally found along seacoasts and on or near large bodies of inland waters. They frequently nest in areas where timber is harvested. It is important to know something about tolerance to timber harvest activities, especially during the nesting season.
Management suggestions for this bird range from merely leaving the nest tree unmolested (Melo 1975), to not cutting within 100 to 150 m of an Osprey nest during non-nesting periods and no closer than 0.4 km to an active Osprey nest (Lind 1976). Melo (1975) reported a successful Osprey nest where nesting had begun in 1975 before timber harvest started. Timber harvest operations came within 30 m of the nest snag and the only special treatment was not to fell the nest snag or to “brush” the snag with felled trees. The nest was not occupied in 1976 although Ospreys did construct a nest nearby (Melo pers. comm.). Ospreys returned in spring of 1977 and nested at the site of the 1975 nest.