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BA in Anthropology/Environmental Studies from Indiana University. Began a ten year study of ospreys in 1979 on Sanibel Island, Florida USA. In 1981, founded The International Osprey Foundation (TIOF). Began working with bald eagles in southwest Florida in 1986, specializing in utilizing artificial nesting structures for bald eagles.

The International Osprey Foundation (TIOF)

8100 Rich Rd

N Ft Myers, Florida 33917 United States

Phone: 239 472-5218

Email: bwestall678@msn.com

Research Interests

artificial nesting structures
population density
territorial range


Species of Interest:
Osprey Bald Eagle Harpy Eagle

Publications

Westall, M.A. 1990. Osprey. Pp. 22-28 in B. Giron Pendleton, M.N. LeFranc, B.A. Millsap, D.L. Krahe, M.A. Madsen, and M.A. Knighton (eds.), Proceedings of the Southeast Raptor Management Symposium and Workshop, 14-16 September 1988, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C.
Phillips, S.R., M.A. Westall, and P.W. Zajicek. 1984. The winter of 1983: poor productivity for Ospreys on Sanibel Island, Florida. Pp. 61-73 in M.A. Westall (ed.), Proceedings of the Southeastern U.S. and Caribbean Osprey Symposium. International Osprey Foundation, Sanibel Island, FL.
Westall, M.A. 1984. (Book) Proceedings of the southeastern U.S. and Caribbean Osprey Symposium, Sanibel Island, Florida, 4-5 June 1983. The International Osprey Foundation, Inc., Sanibel Island, FL.
Westall, M.A. 1984. Status of Osprey research in the southeastern United States and Caribbean. Pp. 1-7 in M.A. Westall (ed.), Proceedings of the Southeastern U.S. and Caribbean Osprey Symposium. International Osprey Foundation, Inc., Sanibel Island, Florida.
Westall, M.A. 1983. An Osprey population aided by nest structures on Sanibel Island, Florida. Pp. 287-291 in D.M. Bird (ed.), Biology and management of Bald Eagles and Ospreys: Proceedings of 1st International Symposium on Bald Eagles and Ospreys, Montreal, 28-29 October, 1981. Harpell Press, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec.