All OspreyWatch Nests

Platform was installed 100' off a rural roadway within a protected wetland by Quinte Conservation on February 09, 2012. There is another platform 2km due south of this location that successfully raised two young in the summer of 2011. I am very hopeful that I will see my first Osprey residents in April 2012.

There is a Nest Camera on this platform. Visit Blackwaters website to view.

Nick name "Ralph and Alice. I have photographed and watched this site for ten years. In 2011 a storm destroyed the original nest. Another was built, but it was also destroyed after the eggs had been laid. No sign of Ralph or Alice after that.

This nest has been here for over ten years and active. Today (03Mar12) I checked and found two Osprey at the nest and patrolling the pond. Located in Calhoun County just south of the Calhoun-Terrell-Randolph border.

This is a new nesting platform placed last year after osprey tried to build a nest on a power pole about 200 feet from here. It is next to Billingsly creek WMA. I can see this nest from my house.

Nest is located in a dead tree in a private pond on the west side of the Ellenton-Omega Road in Colquitt County, Georgia approximately 1-mile north of Ellenton, Georgia. I have not visited the site since January 12, 2012. That evening I saw one Osprey perched 300-yards north of the nest. Last spring, 07MAY11 I photographed the nest with two nestlings. http://www.flickr.com/photos/44510955@N05/sets/72157626669909534/with/5697762354/

Photo gallery of 2010 banding operations at this nest can be found at: http://www.lodgetrail.com/ospreybanding

Built between 2 power poles. Nest about 5 years old. Update: Platform was built this winter(2011/12) on the power poles.

Visible from West Valley Highway, though slightly to east. Nest has been present in this cell phone tower at least durig 2011 and 2012 (unknown before).

San Joaquin Marsh and Wetlands. Near Irvine, California. I am happy to report that this pair successfully fledged two healthy Osprey chicks this season. They have been a joy to watch; learning to fish and survive.

Kent Lake has supported a colony since the mid-1960s. I started monitoring 11 nests in 1981; the colony peaked in the mid-1990s at ~50 active nests and has since plateaued at about 25-30 active nests each year. In 2008 a pair of Bald Eagles established a nest and have produced young each subsequent year. Ospreys have continued to sustain about 25-30 active nests each year. Of 41 nest sites identified in 2012, seven nests (17.1%) were unused, 34 (82.9%) were classified as occupied and 27 (65.9%) were classified as active.

NEST IS LOCATED ON LIGHT POLE AT THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF CROSS RIVER DRIVE AND FLANDERS RD, RIVERHEAD, NY 10/16/12 ALL OSPREYS ARE GONE AND NEST LOOKS TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE FOR NEXT YEAR

BUILT ON WHAT LOOK LIKE AN OLD BIRD HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PECONIC RIVER ON A SMALL ISLAND 10/16/12 ALL OSPREYS ARE GONE AND NEST LOOKS TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE FOR NEXT YEAR

Saw a nest with an Osprey in it in July 2012.

This large nest sits on the metal scaffolding above a 100 year-old working railroad bridge across the Willamette River. It is best visible from the Dave Clark Trail on the south side of the river or from the Eagle Trail in Takena Landing Park on the north side of the river. I first noticed this nest in 2012, but it looks like it's been there a while.

Large nest on top of a very tall former bridge pier in the middle of the Willamette River, this nest is approximately 25 meters above the water. Readily visible from Montieth Riverfront Park. I first noticed this nest in the early 1980's. Summer concerts in the park sometimes attract up to 6,000 people.

A large nest on top of a light pole at the Bryant Park (Albany, OR) softball fields. This nest was first noticed by my wife Carol in 1996. The lights on this pole, which serve 2 adjoining softball fields, are held by horizontal brackets, providing an "accidental" platform. During night games in the summer it is very noisy and the nest is right in the middle of the action. However, the osprey have thrived. Nest is close to both the Calapooia and the Willamette Rivers.

Nest size small/medium. On utility pole (looks like a platform at top of pole) in middle of agricultural field. Clearly visible from vehicle driving on Bryant Drive SW. Although not apparent from road, nest is quite close to Calapooia River. First observed July 2012.

This is a wintering ground for an osprey. A nest has not been located yet.

Nest active for 7 years that I know of. 2011 the nest failed. In 2008 the female was shot but male took over the one chick and it fledged. We band the young bird each year. Us Fish and Wildlife and color also. 2012 banded three chicks, all fledged. Banded fish and wild life on right, color black on left leg

A pair of osprey have built a nest atop a local cell tower. They did this before a few years back, but the phone company evicted them. I am curious if the family of osprey that is there now is descendant from the pair that nested there before.

Located on private property. I've been given permission by the owner via Three Rivers Park District Osprey Watch to access the property and periodically check on the nest.

nest first noticed in June

Nest platform was installed in 2011 when Ospreys attempted to build nest on nearby hydro pole. nest was first observed in early June 2012.

Three chicks fledged from this nest in 2011. The nest can be viewed from roadside on either highway 332 or 324.