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Ospreys have a worldwide distribution being found at some time in
their life cycle on every continent except Antarctica. They are found breeding
in Scotland, and from Scandinavia across northern Europe and Asia to the
Pacific. Many of these birds winter in Africa. They also breed in Australia and
some of the surrounding Pacific Islands. In North America, Ospreys breed from
Alaska to Nova Scotia south to the Great Lakes states and along both coasts of
the United States into Florida on the Atlantic and Sinola on the Pacific.
Breeding osprey are also found along the Gulf of Mexico from Florida through
Texas, and on some of the Caribbean Islands. Migratory Ospreys are found
during the winter through Mexico, Central America, and South America. Ospreys
are found year-round in Baja, Mexico, south Florida, and south Texas.
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Photo Copyright Ron Wulff, Jr.
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Found near water, they usually nest near the top of large
trees but will nest on artificial structures such as power poles, channel
markers or special "Osprey platforms" (2/3 of the Osprey in Wisconsin nest on
artificial structures). They will also nest on cliffs.
In the Montezuma
Wetlands Complex, there are currently ten
different nest sites, which produced 20
young in 2001.
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