Nest #5307

Nickname:	Puryear Park East Field #2
Nest substrate:	Utility Pole
Nest Location Description:	On the southern side of the soccer field on a light pole.
Nest Cam URL:
Monitoring Groups:	Eckerd College, OspreyWatch Pinellas, Florida Osprey Watchers
Latitude:	27.822635
Longitude:	-82.623944
Followers:	None

Past Seasons

Show reports, diaries, and photos from:Current 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Activity reports

2014 Nest Activity Report by LawrenceEckerd

Adult arrival		Nestlings
Nest Occupied		Fledglings
Nest Active		First chick fledging
Egg laying		Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation		Nest failure
Clutch hatching		Reason for nest failure

2015 Nest Activity Report by Danielle M

Adult arrival	09/13/2014	Nestlings
Nest Occupied	Yes	Fledglings
Nest Active		First chick fledging
Egg laying		Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation		Nest failure
Clutch hatching		Reason for nest failure

2015 Nest Activity Report by erohrka

Adult arrival	09/13/2014	Nestlings
Nest Occupied	Yes	Fledglings
Nest Active		First chick fledging
Egg laying		Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation		Nest failure
Clutch hatching		Reason for nest failure

2016 Nest Activity Report by Olivia Coleman

Adult arrival		Nestlings
Nest Occupied	Yes	Fledglings	4
Nest Active	Yes	First chick fledging	04/04/2016
Egg laying		Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation		Nest failure
Clutch hatching		Reason for nest failure

2017 Nest Activity Report by KatieG

Adult arrival		Nestlings
Nest Occupied	No	Fledglings
Nest Active		First chick fledging
Egg laying		Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation		Nest failure
Clutch hatching		Reason for nest failure

2017 Nest Activity Report by Ellen

Adult arrival		Nestlings	2
Nest Occupied	Yes	Fledglings
Nest Active	Yes	First chick fledging
Egg laying		Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation	02/19/2017	Nest failure
Clutch hatching	04/20/2017	Reason for nest failure

Photos of this nest

Nesting Diaries

12/10/2017 by Emily Gould

Large and well maintained nest.

11/14/2017 by Emily Gould

Nest is medium sized. It looks like there is plastic material in the nest.

10/26/2017 by Emily Gould

Nest looks slightly smaller.

10/11/2017 by Emily Gould

Nest is well maintained. No osprey present.

10/01/2017 by Emily Gould

Nest is large and well-maintained. Male osprey seen circling nearby

05/10/2017 by Ellen

Female in nest with chicks. Parakeets flying in and out of base of nest.

05/04/2017 by Ellen

Female in nest with chicks. 1 chick visible. Male flew over the nest then perched nearby.

04/20/2017 by Ellen

Male grooming on light post nearby. Female perched on side of nest chirping aggressively. Chicks not visible but can be heard.

04/15/2017 by Ellen

Male on light post nearby. Female in nest, incubating. Was very protective of nest when I stood below (perched on edge of nest and chirped down at me).

04/02/2017 by Ellen

Male on light post nearby, female in nest. Possible incubation.

03/22/2017 by Ellen

Male eating fish nearby, female flew into nest

03/16/2017 by Ellen

Piece of large red material added to the nest. Two males perched nearby.

03/05/2017 by Ellen

Male on light post nearby, female in nest incubating

02/26/2017 by Ellen

Male perched on platform nearby, female in nest.

02/19/2017 by Ellen

Male nearby, female in nest, incubating

02/16/2017 by Ellen

Nest occupied, male perched nearby. Female in nest, possible incubation

02/09/2017 by Ellen

Nest occupied, female possibly incubating. Nest well constructed with perch. Male arrived later, repeatedly bent into nest.

01/24/2017 by KatieG

unoccupied

01/19/2017 by AllyMoran

Unoccupied, no osprey near this nest.

01/17/2017 by AllyMoran

Nest seems to be unoccupied.

01/13/2017 by KatieG

nest looks unoccupied and no osprey are seen

01/09/2017 by AllyMoran

Nest is small and seems to have lost some twigs and material compared to visit on 1/04/17. Osprey flying in area but none in nest.

01/04/2017 by AllyMoran

Poorly maintained but in-tact with a lot of plastic bags in nest. No osprey in or around nest.

12/02/2016 by Jweinstein22

no change

11/16/2016 by Jweinstein22

no change

10/30/2016 by Jweinstein22

no change

10/02/2016 by Jweinstein22

Nest intact, no osprey

06/21/2016 by KC

Female in nest. No chicks visible.

05/02/2016 by Olivia Coleman

Female chirps loudly and continuously. Monk parakeet moves around nest.

04/25/2016 by Olivia Coleman

No chicks visible. Osprey possibly feeding chicks.

04/04/2016 by Olivia Coleman

Female osprey with 3-4 fledgelings. Male nearby on light fixture.

03/26/2016 by Olivia Coleman

No nest activity though one osprey nearby on light pole.

03/11/2016 by Olivia Coleman

Two ospreys present. One flies into the nest while the other is low in the nest. Nest looks full and well-kept.

02/22/2016 by Olivia Coleman

No osprey activity. Nest is large and maintained. Osprey eats a fish nearby.

02/12/2016 by Olivia Coleman

Large, well kept nest. Female osprey leaves nest with a fish and sits nearby on other floodlight

01/26/2016 by LeahSC

Two Ospreys were again sitting on the nest. The nest was bigger.

01/20/2016 by LeahSC

Two Ospreys present on nest, one appearing to be incubating atop a huge nest.

01/11/2016 by LeahSC

Medium-sized nest present atop a utility pole. No Ospreys nearby. Osprey sounds in distance.

12/08/2015 by Erin

no nest no birds

12/05/2015 by CJGraham

Good nest, osprey of unknown gender

09/29/2015 by CJGraham

Good nest, no birds

09/10/2015 by CJGraham

fish crow sitting in nest, lots of parakeets and fish crows around, no ospreys in sight

07/05/2015 by Melnadal

no activity

06/05/2015 by erohrka

nest unoccupied

05/03/2015 by Danielle M

Male and female in nest.

04/19/2015 by Danielle M

Adult perched in nest.

04/12/2015 by Danielle M

No osprey in nest.

04/04/2015 by LibbyWilkinson

Unoccupied nest but well developed

03/23/2015 by Danielle M

Unoccupied nest.

03/13/2015 by Danielle M

One unidentified adult in nest.

03/06/2015 by Danielle M

One female in the nest.

02/27/2015 by Danielle M

Unoccupied nest.

02/20/2015 by LibbyWilkinson

One female in nest

02/06/2015 by Danielle M

One osprey in nest, believed to be a male.

01/22/2015 by Lena

Osprey in nest, unable to determine gender.

01/10/2015 by Kevin

Male and female sitting in nest.

12/05/2014 by LawrenceEckerd

One male osprey was perched between this nest and nest #1 just like last week.

12/01/2014 by LawrenceEckerd

1 male osprey was perched directly between this nest and East Field Nest #1.

11/14/2014 by LawrenceEckerd

1 male osprey was seen on a light-pole nearby but it was closer to East Field Nest #3.

11/07/2014 by LawrenceEckerd

No osprey were seen in the park.

10/23/2014 by LawrenceEckerd

2 osprey were about 100m away, 1 on the east field #2 nest, and 1 perched on a lightpole at the nearby field.

10/17/2014 by LawrenceEckerd

The nest appears well kept still but there were no nearby osprey.

10/10/2014 by LawrenceEckerd

No nearby osprey observed.

10/02/2014 by LawrenceEckerd

1 female osprey was observed on the lightpole between this nest and East Field #1 nest.

09/25/2014 by LawrenceEckerd

The nest appears unchanged. 1 female osprey was seen very close on nearest light pole less than 50m away.

09/18/2014 by LawrenceEckerd

The nest appears unchanged. 1 male osprey spotted less than 100m away on nearby light pole.

09/13/2014 by LawrenceEckerd

On the right side of the field from the entrance. The nest appears well kept. 1 osprey observed nearby on the farther south fields lights about 100m away.