Nesting Diaries
When I visited this nest today, it looked empty. See second photo.
Visited this nest on June 13. Counted two chick heads. But there could be more. Vantage point for this nest is poor.
This nest has only one vantage point and it's poor. I saw one chick head today; that's not to say there aren't more.
Checked on this nest April 22. All appears well.
I can't see into this nest, so I don't know the number of eggs, but incubation activity has begun.
I visited this nest today. I cannot see into this nest, but there was no observable evidence of an egg having been laid yet (Neither osprey was sitting on the nest as if to incubate an egg).
March 20: No eggs yet. Both ospreys present, but neither is staying on the nest, ie, no incubation activity.
Both birds have arrived. They're early this year.
I can't see into this nest, but they osprey parents are still incubating the eggs.
I can't actually see into this nest, so I need to watch for activity that indicates an egg is present. Today I witnessed the female nearby and the male, after some stick shuffling and personal grooming, sat down into the nest as though he were incubating an egg. The last time I watched this nest was April 1, and neither osprey was sitting in the nest.
This pair likely arrived before March 20.
I visited this nest July 22 and saw both fledglings in the nest, and both the mother and father nearby. In the photo I added, you can see the mother in the foreground, followed by the two fledglings, followed by the father.
June 3: saw first chick head above nest line, so I can verify this nest has at least one chick.
Still nesting activity. All appears to be well.
It isn't possible for me to see into this nest, so I cannot tell when the first leg was laid or hw many were laid. Today was the first visit (last was a couple of days ago) where I first saw nesting behavior.
There is only one vantage point for this nest and the first photo shows it. It won't be possible to count the number of eggs.
I have been able to verify that this nest has two fully grown young ospreys. I haven't seen them fly, yet, but I haven't checked this nest often. I will look for evidence of fledging (empty nest) my next time out.
I just discovered this nest a few days ago while monitoring two other nests beneath the bridge. I have seen the mother and one young osprey, but I have not actively monitored this nest and we are well into the fledging time period. I'll post anything else I see that is notable, including whether I can see more than one young osprey in the nest.