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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Dracon" data-source="post: 1435869" data-attributes="member: 14799"><p>Tiger - the map you reference is just some sort of mirgration representation.  Ospreys are found, I believe, in every state in the USA and on every continent save Antarctica.  Logic would suggest that Montana osprey head down to Mexico or where waters do not freeze.  I'm not skilled at taking pictures or sending them via the internet, but it is something I need to do.  Today I travelled to Helena (the state capitol of Montana) and saw several large osprey nests built upon platforms perched on top of high wooden poles along the highway. But the nearby water, Canyon Ferry, a forty mile long lake on the Missouri River is still ice bound.  Once the ice is gone, the osprey will return, nest, raise a brood, and continue their life cycle.   We find them all most everywhere there is water and fish.  Many ranchers have built reservoirs for watering their cattle and have added trout which the osprey somehow find.  They are indeed highly adaptive raptors.  Some built nests overlooking marinas, much to the delight of boaters who love to see them come and go.  Undoubtedly, there has been some tagging done on Montana osprey.  I'll try to find out to what extent and share that with you.  Yellowstone</p></blockquote><p></p>