“Well, this is not your regular bird”: The Minnesota team season is delayed by football schools

They didn’t play each other, but Ospreys He took responsibility when they built a large nest to raise their chicks, on a light column on the football field at Apple Valley Secondary School. Because of this, Raptors forced Protected Immigrants under Federal Law on the school, known as the Eagles, re -arrangement of football and football schedules, and turning into daytime games instead of night.

The operation of the hot spotlights would have risked cooking birds and starting fire.

“When someone tells this story about” Wow, we have to reschedule because there is an Osbury nest in our stadium, “said Korean

By working with the state’s Ministry of Natural Resources, the school was sending a drone twice a week to monitor the chicks so that as soon as the number of young Ospearians reached enough, and the teams can be removed and switched by traditional Friday night lamps.

“Fortunately for the Apple Valley, they should be able to remove the nest in a week most likely because the birds have already taken some of their first trips,” said Heidi Ser, the ministry’s wildlife permits coordinator on Friday.

Hanson said he saw up to four chicks in the drone. He said that the school became aware of the nest in about June.

He said: “When you see these large birds that fly across your field with these tremendous sticks, you start asking questions like,” What is happening here? “And you look at this nest, right? And you love, “Well, this is not your regular bird.”

DNR officials confirmed that it was an Osbury, and they told school officials that federal law made it clear that they could not disturb her at the present time.

Hanson said, they had no choice but to review their schedules. But he said that other schools were great in finding alternative sites and times, although they did not believe.

According to DNR, Ospreys is one of the largest birds that live in Minnesota, with wings from 4.5 to 6 feet (1.4 to 1.8 meters).

They will return to their nests every year and they will build new materials every season. Their nests can get a depth of 10 feet (3 meters) and 3 to 6 feet (from 1 to 2 meters). Their diet is live fish exclusively. They will dive from high altitudes to seize the fish with their sharp clots, as they drown in a depth of 3 feet (1 meters) under the water.

Ospreys loves to build their nests in high places with clear views, including the deadly dead trees and necks that resemble them, such as facilities columns, signs of channels and mobile phones. This sometimes creates the risk of fire. So DNR issues a number of nest removal permits each year. But permission to remove nests that still carry young people is usually rejected, there was no great interest in human health and safety. Kiir said that the stadium lighting does not qualify.

Efforts to restore its residents, Kiir indicated that building nest platforms has achieved success in Minnesota and other places. They came out of the state’s interest list in 2015. Depending on the time of the year, they can now be found in most North America.

Hanson said that as soon as the chicks in Apple Valley fly forever, school officials and DNR will move the nest from the light tower to a new platform on school ground in the hope that the parents will return next year. But to be only safe, they will also set up deterrence on the lights so that Ospreys do not try to nest there again.

“So if anyone sees that this is happening, do not worry,” said Sir. “Birds are safe. They left the nest successfully on their way to become adults themselves.”

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The Associated writer Press Steve Carnovsky told Minyabolis.

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