Kyle Heard, 17, left, of Boy Scout Troop 4 of Norwich, attaches a perch to his osprey nest attached to the top of a 35-foot-tall pole, with the help of Norwich Public Utilities lineman Jeff Burgess, right, while working to install the nest Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, off Route 32 in the area of Norwich Harbor. The osprey nest is Heard's Eagle Scout project that he built with the help of members of his troop with materials donated by Lowe's and Norwich Lumber. NPU's help installing the pole was a free service. To install the osprey nest, Heard had to have approval from the Norwich Harbor Management Commission and state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and permission of the owner of the land where the nest was placed. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Kyle Heard, 17, right, of Boy Scout Troop 4 of Norwich watches while Norwich Public Utilities linemen Tom Holmes, left, and Jeff Burgess measure how deep they have drilled down for a 35-foot-tall pole while helping Heard install an osprey nest Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, off Route 32 in the area of Norwich Harbor. The osprey nest is Heard's Eagle Scout project that he built with the help of members of his troop with materials donated by Lowe's and Norwich Lumber. NPU's help installing the pole was a free service. To install the osprey nest Heard had to have approval from the Norwich Harbor Management Commission and state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and permission of the owner of the land where the nest was placed. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Kyle Heard, 17, left, of Boy Scout Troop 4 of Norwich attaches his osprey nest to the top of a 35-foot-tall pole Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, with the help of Norwich Public Utilities lineman Tom Holmes, center, while lineman Grahm Andruskiewicz, right, looks on. They were working to install the nest off Route 32 in the area of Norwich Harbor. The osprey nest is Heard's Eagle Scout project that he built with the help of members of his troop with materials donated by Lowe's and Norwich Lumber. NPU's help installing the pole was a free service. To install the osprey nest Heard had to have approval from the Norwich Harbor Management Commission and state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and permission of the owner of the land where the nest was placed. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Kyle Heard, 17, second from left, of Boy Scout Troop 4 of Norwich uses a tamper to pack down the dirt around the 35-foot-tall pole of his osprey nest while Norwich Public Utilities linemen, from left, Grahm Andruskiewicz, Tom Holmes and Jeff Burgess fill the hole with dirt after installing the nest Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, off Route 32 in the area of Norwich Harbor. The osprey nest is Heard's Eagle Scout project that he built with the help of members of his troop with materials donated by Lowe's and Norwich Lumber. NPU's help installing the pole was a free service. To install the osprey nest Heard had to have approval from the Norwich Harbor Management Commission and state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and permission of the owner of the land where the nest was placed. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Kyle Heard, 17, of Boy Scout Troop 4 of Norwich uses a plumb bob to instruct the Norwich Public Utilities crew when the 35-foot-tall pole, with his osprey nest mounted at the top, is vertical while they all work to install the nest Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, off Route 32 in the area of Norwich Harbor. The osprey nest is Heard's Eagle Scout project that he built with the help of members of his troop with materials donated by Lowe's and Norwich Lumber. NPU's help installing the pole was a free service. To install the osprey nest Heard had to have approval from the Norwich Harbor Management Commission and state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and permission of the owner of the land where the nest was placed. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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