How do the nests stay up on platforms in high winds especially during hurricanes?
Response: They don’t. As the nest gets larger and wetter with rain and therefore heavier the tree, usually a dead tree, breaks. That is what happened a few years ago to the nest on the southwest side of the Carmans River intersection with the road that passes in front of the canoe rental place. It may also be why such a high percentage of nests now are on artificial structures which have more permanence than dead trees.
