Osprey eggs removed; nest taken down
Updated: Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011, 5:49 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
TAMPA - The osprey nest at the top of a crane and in the middle of a standoff with federal wildlife officials has been moved.
A wildlife rescue volunteer went to the top of the crane in a cherry picker just before 5 p.m. Tuesday afternoon and removed three eggs.
They are reportedly taking the eggs to the Audubon Center in Orlando, where they will try to save them.
The owner did not have a permit to move the nest or the eggs, but he said he was losing large amounts of money while the crane and his employees sat idle.
As a nest of ospreys sits on top of a crane in the Port of Tampa, workers are sitting idle, and the crane's owner says he is losing around $8,000 per day.
Jani Salonen, the crane's owner, says he may have to lay off some of his employees if the impasse over the nest continues.
He estimates he has lost more than $30,000 since he reported the nest and contacted wildlife advocates to help him remove the nest.
(I thought they were going to relocate the nest?) Sad for mom and dad.http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/hillsborough/ospreys-perch-puts-business-in-peril video