As an osprey pair attempted to nest in a tree south of the Clambake area without success, FoGP teamed up again with the town’s Parks and Marine divisions to install another platform adjacent to the marsh near the Clambake area. At first this nesting platform remained unused for a few years but in 2023 it was finally used!

After much planning, in February and March 2022, the challenging job of transporting and erecting a platform by the Eagle Statue on Eagle Pond took place. For over 15 years ospreys have built a nest perched atop the famous eagle statue on the island in the middle of Eagle Pond, adding new sticks and other materials each year. Most of the platform building steps were difficult in this location, from transporting the materials across the water to hauling the pole and raising it in place, to pushing the huge 3 x 3-foot square platform up the ladder and securing it. It was a challenging job well orchestrated by many in the Parks and Recreation Department. The island was cleaned up and new native trees planted with more to come. 

By putting much of the old nesting materials from the statue onto the new platform the hope was that the ospreys would not mind moving so that the town could inspect or repair the statue. However, this was not the case as they returned in the spring and were uninterested in the new platform. The ospreys' preference was the larger, higher eagle sculpture with which they began their nest again, even with the spiked deterrents the town installed.

FoGP and Greenwich Parks & Rec continue to build osprey platforms around the Point, ensuring that we accommodate the increase in ospreys that make Greenwich Point their home in the spring and summer.