Here are a few more photos of our Osprey couple! They are adding branches to the nest by the hour.
Month: March 2019
Our Osprey Couple Is Back
Today our birds returned to this very location for the fourth year in a row. After the original platform I built years ago blew down in a big wind because the tree was so rotten. I had to quickly secure a power pole and build a new platform before the Osprey couple returned for this…
Phil Bolger Dory – My Part Complete
Today I finished my part of replacing the gunwale guards and adding the inwales to this sweet little 16’ rowing Dory! The owner will take her home, sand her smooth and give her a compete paint job in and out.
Phil Bolger Dory
Yesterday I started on a friends little 16’ Dory. It had only gunwale guards, and both were scarfed and both scarfs had popped. So I removed them, cut 4) 18’ full 1”x1-1/2” fir boards to not only replace the gunwales but also to add inwales for added sheer strength. Today I fit the full length…
Osprey Platform – Planted
A good friend of mine pulled some strings and secured a power pole. Today another good friend and his brother backed in their auger/pole truck, dug the hole and planted the pole. I’m hopeful that when the Osprey pair return to this platform they will accept it and start adding branches to it. This is…
New Osprey Platform
A few weeks ago we had a serious blower on Puget Island. It was so bad that it blew the top 10’ of the tree and the Osprey platform down. The tree was badly rotted so I had it removed. This is a problem because in less than three weeks my Osprey pair will be…
Cedar Bar
The last week I was asked by a local logger to takes two 8’ red cedar slabs and two pine poles and build him a 42” high liquor bar. It was finished with 4 coats of clear epoxy resin and 3 coats of Spar varnish.