Nesting Diaries
Lone osprey perched on this channel marker, may be the same bird I observed on MM#14 last week.
No sign of osprey or nest building.
No sign of osprey. Nest appears abandoned.
Very poor visibility due to foliage. Osprey stayed perched on side of the nest, looking outward from the nest, all the time I observed. No sign of mate.
Bird was sitting on the side of the nest the whole time I was there.
First time observing since May 30th. One bird standing on the side of the nest. No other activity that I could see. Again, poor visual caused by trees.
Could barely make it out but there was an osprey in the nest in the brooding position. No other activity to report on this nest.
There was a bird sitting low in the nest while its mate was on the side of the nest eating. It is still very difficult to see because of the leaves and the distance of the nest. Eventually it will reach a point where a scope will be needed, or better yet, a drone!
Cannot see the nest because of the trees an leaves. I tried a path that leads below #15 where the view to this nest is unobstructed, but it's to far away. The osprey is barely visible on the nest.
Bird was very low in the nest and was moving its head quite a bit but the nest was too far away for me to see what it was doing. I did not see the mate anywhere.
Almost impossible to find a position to see the nest because of the trees. Osprey still incubating as far as I could tell, no sign of the male.
Bird in brooding position in nest. The mate was not around. The trees are making it difficult to see the nest. Will try to find a better position to view the activity next time.
Bird appears to be incubating., it's a little far for my binoculars. Mate flew in with a fish, and then flew away.
Both birds were present and both were standing on the side of the nest. One flew off but I could not tell if it was the male or female. When it returned they continued to stand on the side of the nest.
No sign of osprey or nest building.
Nest has been abandoned .
This is a small nest that appears to be unoccupied.
2 osprey present. Nest looks small but did not observe any materials being brought. To nest.
4-1-2014. No osprey present. No nesting activity.
Still no nesting activity.
No nesting activity is visible on this Marker. An osprey perched intermittently on the Marker. The area in the vicinity of the nest was very active, with two osprey carrying nesting material to Marker 11 and 3 osprey fishing. An eagle chased down one of the osprey so that it dropped its fish. The eagle retrieved the fish from the water and carried it away.
4-18-13. The male was observed sitting on the nest incubating. The female returned and perched on the side of the nest. Soon afterward another osprey flew low over the nest. The male flew towards the intruder, as did the osprey from the neighboring Marker 14. The female preened for a time before resuming incubating.
4-7-2013. The female was perched alone in an incubating position in the nest.
4-1-2013. Two osprey were perched together on the nest. The pair copulated (very brief contact) and the male flew away.
3-29-13. Two osprey were together on the nest. The nest is large with sticks spilling down the pole. The male flew off. No indication of eggs or incubation. 3-22-13. Two osprey were seen together on the nest. It was very windy with many other osprey in the air.
3-17-2013. One osprey was perched on the stick nest which has grown since 3-14-2013. A second osprey joined the osprey on the nest and copulation occurred. The male left shortly afterwards.
2-21-13 - First adult osprey observed on Queens Creek. 3-9-2013 - An osprey was perched on Marker 12, site of an active nest that fledged two chicks in 2012. Even with a scope I couldn't sex the bird as the side of the triangular marker obscured its neck and breast. Another osprey, a male, was perched alternately on the nearby Markers 14 and 13. The bird did not appear to respond to the calls of the bird on Marker 14. A third osprey flew in and joined the one on Marker 12. It did not gain a foothold and both birds struggled and flapped their wings, until one flew off and the other fell into the water. It wasn't clear if this was a territorial dispute over a potential nest site or a pair attempting to copulate - there was no sign of pair bonding and nestbuilding. After circling for a time, the original bird settled back on the marker, while the second bird flew up Cub Creek.
3/14/13 - Two birds were observed sitting together on the beginnings of a nest. The male left and returned with some sticks which the female positioned in the nest,
5/24/2012, Two young were seen in the nest. They have grown markedly in 8 days. Their heads have become darker and both were seen raising and exercising their wings when the female stood. She may no longer be brooding the chicks continuously. The male joined the female on the nest briefly.
5/16/2012, Returned with spotting scope to verify if young are in the nest. Two chicks were definitely seen and possibly a third.
5/13/2012, One osprey was seen standing on the nest, periodically pecking at an unseen object and bending toward the nest. The actions were suggestive of feeding young, but this could not be verified. A second osprey (male?) returned to the nest for a few minutes. The first osprey remained on the nest and settled over the eggs/young
4/20/12, one osprey could be seen on the nest but was positioned too low to determine sex. No other osprey was observed in the area.
4/13/2012, one bird sat low on the nest for the entire hour of observation, possibly incubating. (She?) did not leave to feed. This nest is too distant to readily determine the sex of the bird.
One bird was seen sitting low (hunkered down) on the nest on April 6, 2012.
Observed male bringing sticks to nest while female sat on the Marker March 10. Both adults present at nest March 17. Only one osprey, probably the female, was perched on the nest 3-25-2012