EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — An osprey nest on top of an Oregon Department of Transportation light pole at Eugene had to go.
ODOT spokesman Rick Little says it was a fire hazard to the pole and to fledglings.
KVAL reports crews from ODOT and the Eugene Water and Electric Board moved the nest Sunday from the pole near the Delta Highway-Interstate 105 interchange to a new 120-foot nesting platform.
Little says they hope when the ospreys return in a few weeks they’ll recognize their old nest on the new platform.
