NOTEBOOK: Osprey sightings in Iowa, Boston
PERRY BEEMAN Sep 6, 2016 | 3:49 pm
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138 wordsBusiness Record Insider, The Insider NotebookOver the weekend, I was in Boston visiting my son and daughter-in-law, and we started our sightseeing at Plum Island. It’s an absolutely beautiful, dune-dotted nature reserve that I had visited on a nitrate-measuring trip during a science writing fellowship with the Marine Biological Laboratory in 1999.
When we arrived at one point along the waterfront, there was a small herd of photographers excitedly aiming very large lenses at an osprey that was fishing. Others got out the heavy-duty binoculars. Some acted as though this was the sighting of the year.
I was struck at the biological diversity of the area, as I always have been. But I also took time to think about how lucky we are in Iowa to have plenty of osprey, bald eagles, and hawks to amuse those of us who like to bird-watch.
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