Tourist Who Buzzed Yellowstone Osprey Nest With Drone Could Get Six Months In Jail

Cowboy State Daily ^ | June 11, 2025 | Staff

[montag813]

F**kin foreign swine. Deport them all when the sentence has been served.

[sasquatch]

I got a drone to document a construction project and found a great use is chasing crows (introduce to this area) and pigeons (flying rats).
It is great fun.

[SaveFerris]

I didn't even know that they HAVE nests; though I always wondered when they went at night. Now I know: Yellowstone. Got it.

[ConservativeMind]

“Tourons” = Tourist + Moron?

[sasquatch]

Good one!

[SaveFerris]

I’m just glad that the Osprey is okay!!

[Red Badger]

Yep....................😎

[V_TWIN]

These drones and now E bikes are quickly becoming the bane of our society.

With a minority of incompetent inconsiderate knuckleheads ruining it for everyone.

[Red Badger]

We have lots of ospreys arounds here.......................both kinds............

[V_TWIN]

Setting a hell of an example for those rug rats.

[Racketeer]

So a government official can take a look with a drone but a civilian may not.

Gotcha.

[drwoof]

Yayhoos. We’re surrounded by Yayhoos. And more than a few of them are malicious.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

This is like the people that come to Florida to see the manatees and decide to jump in the water and swim with them.

Highly illegal..

[Red Badger]

And the dolphins..................

[piasa]

Startling birds that are on the nest can caught them to break an egg. If it happens early in the egg laying stage, sometimes a female will produce a replacement, but if they are already brooding it’s just a loss.

[No name given]

I know. Poor osprey.

[dfwgator]

We have a bird nest outside our front door, we think of them now as a part of the family, we constantly check on them.

[Wilderness Conservative]

Deport the vermin. All of them.

[Mastador1]

Make it a year, $50K fine, no time off for time served or good behavior, I’m no Gaia worshipper but examples must be made.