Nickname
Pepper Creek/Point Farm Marsh
Coordinates
(38.5659, -75.2006)
Substrate
Osprey Nest Platform
Description
New platform 10-30-21 installed by Jodi McLaughlin and Team Osprey
Followers
None
What to look for
Review All Observations
2024 - baygirl2023 - baygirl2022 - baygirl
aAdult Arrival3/15/243/17/233/16/22
aOccupiedYesYesYes
aActive
bEgg Laying
bIncubation Initiation4/18/23
cClutch Hatching
dNestlings0
eFledglings0
eFirst Chick Fledging
fChicks Last Observed
xNest Failure5/5/23
xReason For Nest Failureadult abandonment

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Show reports, diaries, and photos from:Current 2023 2022

Activity reports

2022 Nest Activity Report by baygirl
Adult arrival03/16/2022Nestlings0
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings0
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2023 Nest Activity Report by baygirl
Adult arrival03/17/0023Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiation04/18/0023Nest failure05/05/0023
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failurelack of fish brought to nest during storm
Nest Activity Report by baygirl
Adult arrival03/15/2024Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure

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Nesting Diaries

03/28/2024 by baygirl
excluder placed on channel marker as per DNREC Watershed, pair has accepted the platform for 2024

09/07/2023 by baygirl
pair settled in and along with so many other nesting pairs this season, abandoned nest following storms, went back to channel marker but did not build a nest or settle there, no chicks this season, hoping to have DNREC put a much bigger excluder on the channel marker, they are aware just not taking time to do it

04/12/2022 by baygirl
pair has built up both nest sites, the channel marker may win this season which is unfortunate due to the seaplane entering and exiting the marsh a few feet away plus no platform to hold the nest in high winds.

03/26/2022 by baygirl
pair arrived 3-16-22 and perched on new platform installed last fall in attempt to move the pair off nearby channel marker, they are actually enjoying both sites at this time, taking nest material to both and have built up a nest back at the channel marker where DNREC removed their structure 2021,,the pole and signs are still able to hold some nest material this will be an interesting study to see where they lay eggs. fingers crossed a second osprey pair doesn't get into the mix...

by baygirl
Osprey pair arrived, decided to build up this new nesting platform, but eventually flew back over to nearby channel marker and built a nest. They continued to use this nest platform as a dining and guard perch, no other osprey pairs challenged them for either nest site. They had 2 chicks at the channel marker nest, one went missing just before fledgling

by baygirl
Osprey pair arrived, decided to build up this new nesting platform, but eventually flew back over to nearby channel marker and built a nest. They continued to use this nest platform as a dining and guard perch, no other osprey pairs challenged them for either nest site. They had 2 chicks at the channel marker nest, one went missing just before fledgling