Once again, osprey are nesting near the Neyland Greenway on the Norfolk & Southern railroad bridge upstream from Thompson-Boling Arena on the campus of the University of Tennessee.
This is the second of three nests between the South Knoxville Bridge and Looney Island near Sequoyah Hills Park, roughly two river miles.
This is significant. Fifty years ago there were NO osprey nests in the Tennessee Valley. Historically, they just were not here. The magnificent species was first introduced on the Tennessee River near Chattanooga in the early 1980s. From that humble beginning, they have spread upriver to Knoxville and beyond.
This is the second of three nests between the South Knoxville Bridge and Looney Island near Sequoyah Hills Park, roughly two river miles.
This is significant. Fifty years ago there were NO osprey nests in the Tennessee Valley. Historically, they just were not here. The magnificent species was first introduced on the Tennessee River near Chattanooga in the early 1980s. From that humble beginning, they have spread upriver to Knoxville and beyond.
By June, the activity inside the nest will get lively. It's like three gangly teenagers pushing and shoving, anxious to fly away and be adults, anxious to be free from the bonds of a small bedroom.
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