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Ospreys build nest on Reynolds Channel buoy
Photo credit: Handout
Joel Beller has lived on Reynolds Channel for more than 40 years.
But he recently encountered something he’d never seen before.
Three months ago, he witnessed ospreys building a nest on a lighted channel marker across from his dock. He then found a mother, with dark brown-and-white feathers and a white head, feeding its babies.
“My dock and boat is directly in line with the buoy...
