Nickname
Long Platform to Snag
Coordinates
(38.5504, -75.097)
Substrate
Osprey Nest Platform
Description
private residence platform on long dock or early 2021 snag directly across from platform due to goose nesting, then back to platform to incubate 5-12-21
Followers
None
What to look for
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aAdult Arrival3/22/243/4/233/18/223/31/213/23/204/4/194/11/184/4/174/1/16
aOccupiedYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYes
aActive
bEgg Laying
bIncubation Initiation4/29/235/12/215/2/204/23/194/21/184/26/174/22/16
cClutch Hatching6/1/236/11/206/5/196/14/186/6/17
dNestlings213123
eFledglings103113
eFirst Chick Fledging8/2/238/8/207/30/197/30/187/28/17
fChicks Last Observed9/5/239/16/209/2/198/24/188/26/17
xNest Failure5/10/16
xReason For Nest Failureadult abandonment

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Show reports, diaries, and photos from:Current 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

Activity reports

2016 Nest Activity Report by baygirl
Adult arrival04/01/2016Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiation04/22/2016Nest failure05/10/2016
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failureadult abandonment
2017 Nest Activity Report by baygirl
Adult arrival04/04/2017Nestlings3
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings3
Nest Active First chick fledging07/28/2017
Egg layingChicks last observed08/26/2017
Incubation initiation04/26/2017Nest failure
Clutch hatching06/06/2017Reason for nest failure
2018 Nest Activity Report by baygirl
Adult arrival04/11/2018Nestlings2
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings1
Nest Active First chick fledging07/30/2018
Egg layingChicks last observed08/24/2018
Incubation initiation04/21/2018Nest failure
Clutch hatching06/14/2018Reason for nest failure
2019 Nest Activity Report by baygirl
Adult arrival04/04/2019Nestlings1
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings1
Nest Active First chick fledging07/30/2019
Egg layingChicks last observed09/02/2019
Incubation initiation04/23/2019Nest failure
Clutch hatching06/05/2019Reason for nest failure
2020 Nest Activity Report by baygirl
Adult arrival03/23/2020Nestlings3
Nest OccupiedNoFledglings3
Nest Active First chick fledging08/08/2020
Egg layingChicks last observed09/16/2020
Incubation initiation05/02/2020Nest failure
Clutch hatching06/11/2020Reason for nest failure
2021 Nest Activity Report by baygirl
Adult arrival03/31/2021Nestlings1
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings0
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiation05/12/2021Nest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2022 Nest Activity Report by baygirl
Adult arrival03/18/2022Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2023 Nest Activity Report by baygirl
Adult arrival03/04/0023Nestlings2
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings1
Nest Active First chick fledging08/02/0023
Egg layingChicks last observed09/05/0023
Incubation initiation04/29/0023Nest failure
Clutch hatching06/01/0023Reason for nest failure
Nest Activity Report by baygirl
Adult arrival03/22/2024Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure

Photos of this nest

Nesting Diaries

09/08/2023 by baygirl
ospreys arrived early enough to deter geese nesting this season

03/21/2022 by baygirl
pair arrived 3-18, some tussling with a 3rd osprey over this weekend, male disappeared for 2 days, was reported on the ground nearby by TriState Bird rescue, i searched but osprey was reported to be getting some vertical height,female remained on nest alone, fishing for herself, male finally returned to nest at noon today, some loose feathers and slight rt wing droop but on nest, pair has arrived early enough to keep the geese off this platform that is not accessible for a goose excluder and land owner likes to feed the geese and actually wants the geese to use the platform, this nest site started the Whites Creek growing "goose stealing osprey platform" issues!

02/11/2022 by baygirl
Observed one goose on nest today, appeared to be incubating although it is early in the season. She may have been holding her spot as there were 8 other canada geese in the marsh and water at the nest site.

09/14/2021 by baygirl
adult male eating fish on snag at nest territory this evening, juvie at nest across the water (Inlet Pine Grove) calling for it to bring its fish but of course it did not share

09/10/2021 by baygirl
adult male still at nest guard tree

08/14/2021 by baygirl
sadly i should have checked the marsh waterline as a man observed the chick in the marsh for past 2 days, if was blown off nest! it was not fed by adult, and its gone today. i searched for it. it is rare for an adult osprey to feed a chick on the ground, so sad as it could have been saved had the man called the bird rescue

08/14/2021 by baygirl
sadly i should have checked the marsh waterline as a man observed the chick in the marsh for past 2 days, if was blown off nest! it was not fed by adult, and its gone today. i searched for it. it is rare for an adult osprey to feed a chick on the ground, so sad as it could have been saved had the man called the bird rescue

08/12/2021 by baygirl
have been checking nest regularly and today nest is empty, i am hoping this chick has fledged safely, i did not see it near nest, observed one adult drying wings on fave woods line, will continue to monitor

05/12/2021 by baygirl
snag nest blew down May 1st wind storm forcing pair back to platform that had been vacated by geese the week earlier. Finally laid eggs today, I was thinking they may have laid eggs and lost them in the snag but appears not to be the case due to timing of incubation

04/29/2021 by baygirl
bringing in sticks and sea lettuce, may be incubating on snag soon, ignoring their empty old platform

04/27/2021 by baygirl
pair still on snag nest today, ignoring the old platform

04/27/2021 by baygirl
pair still on snag nest today, ignoring the old platform

04/25/2021 by baygirl
goose still on platform 4-23, checked back today, goose gone but pair had started a tiny snag nest across the waterway and today it is much larger and they look settled in...

03/26/2021 by baygirl
geese nesting on platform, homeowner told me he built the tall platform "30-40 years ago for the geese" he feeds them and wants them there and believe they all know him and come back every year. i believe they do not leave but remain all year. they are resident geese who have now acclimated to using tall platforms= osprey platforms. any new platforms or existing platforms in this area of White's Creek will be open to goose nesting as they lay eggs just before osprey arrive

09/16/2020 by baygirl
juvenile on the nest calling for fish around noon today, no adult male seen

09/15/2020 by baygirl
one juvenile flying off and on nest today crying for fish, ad male in far tree

09/13/2020 by baygirl
ad male in tree eating a bunker, juvenile was asking for some fish from his perch in another tree, then he flew to nest calling faster and louder for the fish but papa did notshare and ate the entire fish and yellow tail

09/12/2020 by baygirl
one juvie in the trees crying for fish, no ad m seen

09/11/2020 by baygirl
strong n wind today, less and less sounds of osprey over our creek, but did see this adult male on branch eating a fish and one juvenile on another tree calling for papa to share

09/09/2020 by baygirl
one juvenile crying for fish on the nest and then she flew to the treeline where papa was perched

09/07/2020 by baygirl
one juvenile on nearby tree branch calling for fish as we passed by on our boat, no ad m seen today

09/05/2020 by baygirl
one fledge on nest crying and ad m at tree

08/02/2020 by baygirl
3 large chicks looking ready to fledge any day

07/31/2020 by baygirl
3 chicks up on the nest gettting fed from momma, they look almost ready to fly, maybe another week ?

07/28/2020 by baygirl
3 chicks sleeping down low in nest in the afternoon hear, mombrella not really doing much good, hope they fledge closer to 8 weeks than 9 weeks so they can get some shade

06/28/2020 by baygirl
one little noodle head popping up at 3:30 today with a possible second behind mum

06/11/2020 by baygirl
observed feeding today

06/10/2020 by baygirl
boat ride past nest at 2 pm, male had fish and swapped out with female who was incubating, no hatchlings yet

06/07/2020 by baygirl
one deep in the nest today at 12:30 pm, assume still incubating

05/02/2020 by baygirl
finally one deep in the nest incubating!

05/01/2020 by baygirl
one on nest today following 2 days of heavy rain, no incubating

04/30/2020 by baygirl
geese and goslings on boat ramp nest the platform today, one osprey standing on the nest, no incubating tho!

04/26/2020 by baygirl
both on nest today, male brought in nest material

04/25/2020 by baygirl
1 osprey back on nest, geese have left, osprey was digging in nest bowl, they should be pretty much on schedule!

04/14/2020 by baygirl
goose still on nest, did not see or hear ospreys

04/10/2020 by baygirl
pair arrived to find geese on the platform, they were unable to flush the geese off and the geese laid eggs on about 3-26-20, osprey remain in the guard tree directly across from the nest platform

04/10/2020 by baygirl
pair arrived to find geese on the platform, they were unable to flush the geese off and the geese laid eggs on about 3-26-20, osprey remain in the guard tree directly across from the nest platform

07/26/2019 by baygirl
chick is big, due to fledge soon

06/29/2019 by baygirl
incubation or hatching date must be off, but only seeing one chick at this nest.

06/02/2019 by baygirl
1 low in nest, may still be incubating or has a hatchling?

05/27/2019 by baygirl
female still very flat and deep on nest and often flies off platform when boats sup's, or kayaks approach and this can be quite often since the new Solitudes community is open and full for the season.

05/12/2019 by baygirl
one deep in nest in heavy rain and wind, no mate seen from my vantage point on land, will wait for boat to view the guard perch

05/06/2019 by baygirl
incubating

04/02/2019 by baygirl
strange that there is no activity, no geese, osprey or eagles..but i bet the immature eagle pair is nearby

03/23/2019 by baygirl
no activity seen except for occasional immature eagle

08/24/2018 by baygirl
juvenile alone in the favored trees, crying for fish

08/12/2018 by baygirl
one juvenile on the nest crying today, 8-9-18 i saw the juvenile on the nest and then it flew to the trees where the adult female was eating a fish.

07/30/2018 by baygirl
as I always felt, my hatch date is way off but sure was nice to see this chick flying. i dont know what happened to the second chick but it was always elusive in the nest and may have been caught in something.

07/24/2018 by baygirl
one large chick on the nest with one adult today about 1:30 pm.

07/20/2018 by baygirl
7-13-18, i clearly saw 2 chicks but since that day consistently seeing just one. today one large chick was standing alone on the nest with an adult that appeared to be the male perched in a live tree across the channel. perhaps the chicks are much older than i thought, it seems so by the chicks size, and perhaps one has fledged and momma was looking after it, time will tell but i do think my hatch date may be off.

07/05/2018 by baygirl
female on nest around 3 pm today and as i passed on boat she fussed at me and flew around the nest area while one chick peeked over the nest edge. still just seeing one chick and guess that's all there is.

06/20/2018 by baygirl
finally saw one chick today, i had to watch for quite awhile until dad brought a fish and mom started feeding. the adult female stands on the nest rim often, looking totally uninterested in the nest but she is so upset with passing boats I assumed she did have a chick, it just often looks like she doesn't. and the height of the nest makes it trickier to see also.

06/16/2018 by baygirl
have seen shading behavior and guarding but no chicks or feeding behavior yet. i do feel there are chicks just bad timing on my part. female is very aggressive when you get anywhere close to the nest via boat, she flies off nest if you pass by

06/01/2018 by baygirl
4 pm boat ride, one very low in nest, second not seen

05/21/2018 by baygirl
one very deep in the nest as i passed by on the boat, and she did not complain about my presence as she usually does. her mate was perched in a tree and was calling to other ospreys kenneling overhead.

05/17/2018 by baygirl
one incubating in rain

05/08/2018 by baygirl
one deep in the nest incubating today

04/21/2018 by baygirl
1:30 today one osprey deep in the shallow nest appears to be incubating. it got up, dug around, possibly turned an egg and settled back down flat and deep.

04/15/2018 by baygirl
one osprey on the nest during today's off and on rain storm. it appears there is some sort of debris hanging off the platform. it did not look like the the osprey was deep enough to be incubating.

04/12/2018 by baygirl
sure looks like one osprey is incubating will check back again to confirm

04/11/2018 by baygirl
ospreys on the platform today. the geese either hatched goslings or they were forced off the nest by something, possibly the 3yr old bald eagle that is enjoying the pine trees close by..but nice to see this pair got their nest back in plenty of time to incubate eggs..lets see how it goes now.

04/10/2018 by baygirl
no geese on the nest around 5:30 pm and no ospreys seen

04/08/2018 by baygirl
no geese on the nest today around 4 pm.

03/29/2018 by baygirl
At 4 pm today I took my border collie mix to the woods where the osprey from this platform usually perch and I saw the female osprey up in the tree. there were numerous pairs of geese along the marsh area. I hope this osprey pair also finds a suitable tree to build a nest since the geese are on their platform this season.

03/29/2018 by baygirl
geese are nesting

03/19/2018 by baygirl
uh-oh...2 geese on the nesting platform today

09/21/2017 by baygirl
end of season: I saw the adult female in a tree near the last seen juvenile on same day 8-17-17. did not see the adult male after that date but didn't get the boat down to the nest site often due to storms

07/29/2017 by baygirl
on the 25th of July there were 4 young on the nest... one possibly from next door cottage nest #6182, yesterday just one youngster taking a nap with 2 others in trees

06/29/2017 by baygirl
did not see any signs of chicks late today but female was on nest calling for food, an osprey was nearby fishing in the creek, might have been the male

06/20/2017 by baygirl
One adult on the nest appears to be fussing with chicks, possibly feeding.

06/06/2017 by baygirl
no doubt the chicks hatched a few days ago but finally today I was able to confirm both adults on nest and feeding behavior. really hopeful this pair can raise chicks to fledge this season.

05/18/2017 by baygirl
incubating, can not see mate from current vantage point

05/07/2017 by baygirl
one incubating and a boat is now docked close by....

05/03/2017 by baygirl
one incubating

05/01/2017 by baygirl
one still incubating, have not seen the mate lately

04/26/2017 by baygirl
I have been watching and have seen no action for days and then surprise, today there was an osprey incubating. I even got out my scope to be certain. the platform is easy to see but the ospreys territory is not ,due to trees, guess they were there all along. maybe even incubating before today, this seemed to happen last year also. but then the people spent too much time on the dock and the osprey abandoned the nest. maybe this year will be different.

04/04/2017 by baygirl
2 osprey on the nest today around 2 pm. one was busy fixing the nest.

04/02/2017 by baygirl
No osprey seen on the nest recently

03/28/2017 by baygirl
I osprey on nest, faintly calling.

06/01/2016 by baygirl
I have been watching this pair hanging out back in the tree line away from the platform. There has been a pontoon boat tied to the dock right at the nest and I wonder if that was what caused the birds to abandon the eggs. I can only see the second bird from a boat and so most likely there were 2 osprey for this nest all along, the one was simply not visible to me until I got out on the water. perhaps someone has been spending long periods of time at the dock..it appears so by the crab pots etc. People do not realize the disturbance to a nesting osprey pair and many people put osprey platforms on their docks .I see many unused dock platforms on the waterways of Sussex county. Today just before sunset the pair was hanging out together on the nest.

05/20/2016 by baygirl
No more activity at this platform. I can confirm this nest has failed.

05/13/2016 by baygirl
No birds today :(

05/10/2016 by baygirl
Just one bird up on the platform today. After a few minutes it flew away. It was not incubating.

05/09/2016 by baygirl
A bird was back on the nest apparently incubating this morning. later in the day I saw the bird fly back to the platform, perch a few minutes and then appear to drop down onto eggs. I have not seen a mate for this nest in some time and I have to wonder if this bird is attempting to incubate alone?

05/08/2016 by baygirl
Early in the day I saw an osprey incubating eggs on this nest but when I returned later in the day the bird was up on the platform but not incubating and I saw no mate nearby. I watched for about 15 minutes and the osprey never got back on the eggs.

04/23/2016 by baygirl
This platform is on a very long dock that is extremely close to and directly across from a new home construction site. The birds have been flushed off the platform constantly but somehow they settled in and I just noticed they are incubating! The construction must be bearable! Lets see how they do. They are most likely the birds from a 2015 unproductive nearby snag nest that was destroyed during the winter.