Description: Each year, OSMP enactes seasonal raptor closures to protect nesting habitat for local birds of prey. Careful monitoring of raptor nests has helped the city to safeguard habitats where bald eagles, golden eagles and peregrine falcons have raised hundreds of fledglings over the last three decades. This data identifies a half mile buffer of each nest location.
Description: Each year, OSMP enactes seasonal raptor closures to protect nesting habitat for local birds of prey. Careful monitoring of raptor nests has helped the city to safeguard habitats where bald eagles, golden eagles and peregrine falcons have raised hundreds of fledglings over the last three decades. This data identifies a half mile buffer of each nest location.
Description: Buffered nest locations for Northern Harriers on OSMP Property. This includes a quarter mile buffer of all nest locations are identified through field surveys.Details on the originaing feature class - NOHA Nest (points):Biologists monitor the known locations each spring. They also eye open for harriers around other marshes. These locations provide the exact location or an approximate location in cases where it is too difficult to see the nest. Biologists observe area from a hillside and place a point to identify likely nest location. At the end of the year, biologists provide RIS with the nest location(s) to add into this feature class. This buffered view is useful for helping vegetation management crews know where to avoid while doing work.