Karen R reports:Today I noticed one adult and I’m quite sure two little heads in the nest.
NOTE: We added 2 nestlings to the nest report, which means our incubation date is off. This nest is hard to monitor because you can only check it while driving....there is no place to stop to view this nest on the crossbar on this busy road.
Karen R reports: ... spotted both adults ... one in nest (probably female) and other flying towards the nest about 20 feet away ... so Sonny and Rosie appear to be doing well ... did not see any bobbing heads in nest but as you know it’s a difficult angle from the road.
Karen R reports: spotted a “rather white” adult sitting down in nest ... no other activity. Hoping for chicks soon!
NOTE: Based on this report, we are assuming that incubation has started in the past 10 days. we will simply guess the 19th.
Karen R reports: saw ONE adult osprey in Nest # 2549 today. Since I noticed another observer had names for their osprey - how about "Sonny" and "Rosie" for #2549? Nest looked a wee bit better but still work to do.
Note; Based on observations by Karen R and the report of another person, we assume that the young have successfully fledged sometime between 6/11 and 6/28. We will go with 6/26 as our best guess since that is about 8 weeks after we believe they hatched.
Karen R reports: Carol - Just drove past nest #2549 and YEP - three ospreys were sitting up tall - appeared one in middle was slightly smaller but not by much
Another observer reported that she saw three heads in the nest on June 4th. It was either two young and an adult or three young. While we recorded two nestlings, we will update it when we can determine if there are really 3 young.
NOTE: Based on Karen's observations, we are guessing that eggs were laid by March 21 when Mom was "hunkered down"in the nest. Then, beginning around April 26, one osprey has been standing in the nest. This nest if very high and deep so we are still not able to see any little ones, but the above dates seem to be our best guesses on the timing.
Karen R reports: active nest - yes... but not much else spotted today other than ONE adult sitting up as if he was monitoring the Cross Island Expressway!
another observer, Jeff M, reported: Just a quick helpful side note on nest #2549 - with no perch at the expressway hard to prove both Ospreys are there as you zip down the expressway. Well yesterday BOTH Ospreys were perched on the nest.
The two osprey were also seen on the nest previously by Carol C.
observer reports: Both chicks were together in the nest and definitely smaller than the two adults but still much larger than I thought. NOTE: Because of the height and depth of this nest on the highway crossbar, it is nearly impossible to tell when an osprey is incubating eggs or when the chicks hatch.
Spotted one adult at the nest today. Note: This nest if high up on a roadway crossbar and the nest is deep. It is usually very hard to tell if there are young in the nest.
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