Pair of Canada geese comandeer long-time osprey nest

Two Canada geese that took over the longtime nest of a pair of ospreys have ruffled a few feathers in a West River neighborhood.

For the past three weeks, a handful of people have been trying, without success, to relocate the homeless ospreys so they can begin this year's mating cycle.

"We have been told that if we put dead fish and twigs on a nearby vacant platform, the pair might build there," said Wendy Rieger, who with neighbor Lynne Stearns is trying to lure the ospreys there. "But they are very territorial and might not move even that short a distance."

Two weeks ago, Mrs. Stearns saw the mama goose move into the...