Quincy Jones gives a speech at Ray Charles' induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. | Ray Charles

In 2014, Quincy resident Karen Walker and a group of neighbors received funding from Quincy’s Community Preservation grant funding for lumber and supplies and obtain permitting from the Quincy Conservation Committee, to build an osprey platform in the Hough’s Neck marsh. They constructed a 20’ pole in the marsh and after 10 years with guidance from former Trailside Museum and Massachusetts Audubon Director Norman Smith, they hauled arm fulls of sticks onto the platform and the next day, Osprey a