Birders

Osprey have been able to make a come-back and increase their numbers as individuals and communities constructed and maintained nesting platforms for them. Maintenance often included dumping end of season platform contents in order to deter geese. The longer that geese claim that nest, the more their goslings will imprint on that site.

A constructed platform nest for osprey usually has slats and wire screen on the bottom, which acts to sift out rotting matter. The boathouse roof just forms a compost heap.