Nest #7742

Nickname:	Moss Creek Water Tower
Nest substrate:	Utility Pole
Nest Location Description:	The nest is located at the top of a water tower by 131 Timberlane in Moss Creek, a residential community just off Hilton Head Island.
Nest Cam URL:
Monitoring Groups:	LowCountry Institute
Latitude:	32.2533962498557
Longitude:	-80.8185345745544
Followers:	None

Activity reports

Nest Activity Report by CarolC

Adult arrival		Nestlings
Nest Occupied	Yes	Fledglings
Nest Active	Yes	First chick fledging
Egg laying		Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation	05/17/2020	Nest failure
Clutch hatching		Reason for nest failure

Photos of this nest

Nesting Diaries

06/29/2020 by CarolC

Marge I reports: 7742 on 06/24 no birds seen or heard. Same on 06/29. I was very close today during a golf lesson. I asked the pro who is there every other day to keep an eye out. He cannot recall seeing or hearing birds.

06/13/2020 by CarolC

Marge I reports: one Osprey in nest. Second flying around

05/20/2020 by CarolC

Marge I reports: could barely see anything but definitely one bird deep in nest. based on this observation of one deep in the nest, we are estimating that incubation has begun. Our date is a pure guess.

04/29/2020 by CarolC

Marge I reports: Nothing at first. Then one Osprey flew in and sat down pretty far

04/18/2020 by CarolC

Marge and Dave I report: Nest present. No birds seen or heard but on 04/15. Saw one fly out

04/06/2020 by CarolC

Marge and Dave I report: Sitting on Metal Bar above nest

03/28/2020 by CarolC

Marge I reports: One osprey sitting in the nest.

03/26/2020 by CarolC

Marge I reports: Nest there but did not see any Osprey today

03/21/2020 by CarolC

Marge I reports: One osprey outside the nest and maybe another inside.

03/19/2020 by CarolC

Marge I. reports: I found this nest on 3/19/20. It is an active Osprey Nest on the water tower that was not there last year. The tower was recently repainted. Marge and a friend saw two fly off out of the nest and a third one was in the nest. NOTE: Because we just found this nest, we can not say when the pair first arrived. We will monitor this nest to see if we can determine why there are three ospreys, since it is early for any osprey to have hatched and be flying already.