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SOFO and Partners Rebuild Mashashimuet Park Osprey Nest

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From left, Nancy Benvent, a member of the Mashashimuet Park Board, Jennifer Skillbred of the Group for the East End, Jackson Dodds of Jackson Dodds & Company, Rachel Dee of the Mashashimuet Park Board, and Frank Quevedo, the executive director of the South Fork Natural History Museum at the site of a new osprey nesting platform in Mashashimuet Park. COURTESY SOFO

From left, Nancy Benvent, a member of the Mashashimuet Park Board, Jennifer Skillbred of the Group for the East End, Jackson Dodds of Jackson Dodds & Company, Rachel Dee of the Mashashimuet Park Board, and Frank Quevedo, the executive director of the South Fork Natural History Museum at the site of a new osprey nesting platform in Mashashimuet Park. COURTESY SOFO

SOFO executive director Frank Quevedo and members of the Young Environmentalist Society, from left, Liam Sharp, LauraRose Sharp, and Ollie Dianora-Brondal, attach wire to the platform for a new osprey nest that was recently installed at Mashashimet Park in Sag Harbor. COURTESY SOFO

SOFO executive director Frank Quevedo and members of the Young Environmentalist Society, from left, Liam Sharp, LauraRose Sharp, and Ollie Dianora-Brondal, attach wire to the platform for a new osprey nest that was recently installed at Mashashimet Park in Sag Harbor. COURTESY SOFO

authorStaff Writer on Mar 18, 2025
The South Fork Natural History Museum teamed up with Mashashimuet Park, local businesses, students and other volunteers to rebuild and replace an osprey nest in the Sag Harbor park. The... more

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