The International Osprey Foundation

Annual MeetingMarch 26, 2020 (cancelled)

WELCOME!!

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Research

TIOF Board Members

President Susan Tucker

Vice President Carol Gestwicki

Director Carol Smith

Treasurer Jim Schnell

Secretary Kathryn Brintnall

Yes ! There’s a big fish in my feet !

Finally !

This fish was really hard toget out of the water!

Going home with dinner !

What’s TIOF been up to in

2019?

2019 Nest Maintenance Campaign

● 12 Candidate nests identified by Nest Monitors

● 15 Platforms supplied by Master Builder, JIM COLUMBO, with a new upgraded design

● !! Volunteer Installation by Carlos Hernandez and Crew !!

2019 Nest Maintenance Heros

TIOF Nest Watchers communicate our data with the rest of the worldvia Osprey Watch.

Did you know? TIOF nest watcher’s observations create data for worldwide research.

Osprey Watch Tracking Ospreys worldwide

2019TIOF Joins Osprey Watch!

osprey-watch.org

Check out our local nests on osprey-watch.org

DON’T MISS THIS TALK NEXT SEASON...

THE STORY OF THE OSPREYBY

CLAUDIA BURNS

C.R.O.W. SPEAKER SERIES

DATES TBD NEXT SEASON

4:15 p.m.

Any other

interesting things

going on with TIOF

this year

?

Renesting Orphans

Nest Monitor’s reports

about chicks can help

CROW determine foster

nests for orphaned

chicks . The date a chick

is first sighted becomes

very important for

renesters.

Still more

good

things

from TIOF !!

Working to implement FWC Species Action

Plan Strategy

+ GOAL-Install and protect Nesting Structures.

+ GOAL - Conduct winter nesting surveys. Track trends.

+ GOAL - Increase awareness of water quality issues and Best Practices.

MISSION STATEMENT

TIOF’s founding principle is the

protection and preservation of Ospreys

worldwide. TIOF strives to educate and

offer research grants internationally on

raptor-related projects. TIOF volunteers

provide research data to Osprey Watch, a

central database for Osprey research.

MEMBERSHIP

● We have members on 5 of the 7 continents. (Only Australia and Antarctica do not have TIOF members.)

● Currently TIOF has 246 members.

● TIOF is trulyINTERNATIONAL.

“I” is for International 22 countries are represented in our membership, including:

Finland Canada Bahamas St. Lucia Russia England France Eretria Mauritania Germany Estonia Israel Sweden Scotland United Kingdom Mexico Belgium United States Portugal Latvia Spain Belize

Membership Have YOU joined TIOF for the 2020 season yet? Sign up forms available on the tables near the door AND on our website.

THE INTERNATIONAL OSPREY FOUNDATION WEBSITE

www.ospreys.com

CHECK IT OUT

Keep current with

osprey news from

TIOF on our

website.

For Osprey lovers of all ages….

Children’s coloring bookBy Claudia Burns

Current

Osprey

Fledgling

Data

2011- 2019

Ask us w

hat happened here !

NEW !! SPECIAL GIVING OPPORTUNITIES!Build a Nest Program $225 ~ supports a new nesting platform being erected, includes a visit to the new nest site with a TIOF Board Member.

Adopt A Nest $100 ~ includes pictures of the nest and the progress of its occupants for one season. Renewable annually.

Renesting Hero $500 ~ supports the ability to renest birds successfully by providing funds for equipment rental or other relevant support.

SPLASH !

Launching out

of the water

with a catch !

Yes!

WOW!

It’s much bigger

than I thought !

Wanted!! Help our Ospreys by…● Helping prepare

mailings● Data entry for Osprey Watch

● Representing TIOF at community

events

A few good

souls willing

to help TIOF.

TIOF RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED 2019

● J.N. “DING” DARLING WILDLIFE REFUGE $1000

● C.R.OW. CLINIC FOR WILDLIFE $1000

● AVIAN CONSERVATION CENTER $3000 Awendaw, South Carolina

Special thanks to our Life Members!! We couldn’t do all this without you.

Dianna Andrews

Chris and Mike Attardo

Kathryn Brintnall

Nancy Clark

Dr. Jorge Galante

Theodore Gasteyer

Mariel and Porter Goss

Brenda Kinnaman

Peter Koury

David M. Loveland

Special thanks to our Life Members!! We couldn’t do all this without you.

Eugene I. Majerowicz

Ernst Muhlemann

Ann and Kent Nelson

Gary Pokrant

Dick Preservati

RJW Foundation

Harvey Rothstein

Charles Rubright

Judy Samelson

SanCap Nature Calendar

Special thanks to our Life Members!! We couldn’t do all this without you.

Carmen Sanchez

SanCap Audubon Society

Sheila and Jim Schnell

Lee and Gene Seidler

Brenda and Sam Tishler

Judy Waterman

John Wolf Jr.

TIOF Thanks you !

Your generosity helps us to serve the ospreys and our mission and helps us meet our goals.

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In Memoriam...

TIOF Thanks and honors

Jim Griffith

Waiting ....

Watching...

Looking

for

lunch.

We look forward to welcoming TIOF’s

2021 guest speaker...

Robert DomenechRaptor researcher and

author.

Save the date! March 18,2021

Due to Covid 19, the 2020 annual meeting was cancelled. Robert has been invited to give his talk at the next

TIOF Annual Meeting. Stay tuned for more information.

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