Nesting Diaries
Male in the nest preening and vocalizing. chick not visible.
Female sitting in the nest and multiple males flying and vocalizing in the area. One chick wing visible in the nest.
Male standing at the edge of the nest, and at least one chick present. Chick(s) are small but saw wing stretching from one.
Male is standing on the light structure that the nest is on and the female is standing in nest. Lots of vocalizing but unable to tell if it was coming from the female or a chick, seemed shrill like a chick call. While I was observing, the male flew off.
Male on nearby light pole eating fish, and (assumed) female's head just visible in the nest.
Male on pole that nest is on, and (assumed) female sitting low in the nest. While observing, the male flew over to sit in the nest.
Well developed nest. Tail feather of osprey visible in the nest, assumed female. Male on nearby light pole.
Nest in good shape, and top of osprey head just visible in the nest (n/a gender). No other osprey seen in the area.
Nest is in good shape and no osprey was visible in the nest, but a male was in a nearby tree. Two osprey were flying in the area and heard vocalizing, but probably a pair to a nearby nest.
Well developed nest, male on light post next to nest vocalizing. No osprey seen in nest.
no nest or ospreys in the area. Weather was bad due to a tornado watch.
no nest or osprey in area.
No nest or osprey in area.
No nest or osprey in area. does not appear to be ideal location it is on a telephone pole next to hazardous wires
No nest or ospreys in the area. Do not see this as viable nesting location due to wires on top of light poles
very small bit of nest remaining, no ospreys seen in the area.
remnants of nest seen, very little left. male osprey circling in the area. all lights have wire spikes on the top of them
Good nest condition, one male present near the nest
good nest condition, two ospreys present, one eating a fish
Good nest condition, both male and female sitting on the nest
Female sitting low in the nest with a male sitting next to her
female sitting very low, male in nest then switched incubating
Nest is in good condition, osprey seen sitting in the nest but could not see if it was male or female
Both osprey present. Female was sitting in the nest while the male was flying around over the baseball field. Nest is still in good shape.
The nest looked the same as last time it was observed. Both osprey were present, and incubating.
Occupied nest. Both male and female present. Possibly incubating. Large, well maintained nest.
No nest present. Also, this nest is not at the cross streets of 26th & 57th.
female & 3 juveniles in nest. they are still being fed by the mother
adult female & 3 juveniles inside nest. not much activity
adult female & 3 juveniles in nest! adult male briefly visited to deliver fish. mother seen feeding all 3 chicks. all 3 chicks seen stretching wings, 1 more than the others - it seemed to be preparing for flight at the nest's edge
adult female atop nest. possibly with chicks
adult male preening on a pole nearby
Male osprey preening on nest
Male osprey perched on nest. 4 ospreys flying nearby.
No osprey in nest 11:15am
Nest seems intact, but no osprey in sight
the pair was present, perched outside the nest
The pair was seen, both flying around the nest. Landing next/outside it
Finally! We have a osprey! She wasn't in the nest bust she was perched on one of the light poles right next to the nest. No sign of the any male yet.
Still no osprey seen and this time there was no human commotion going on in the ball field. stopped a nest a few blocks down that is occupied
Nest was unoccupied, no osprey seen in the area. Absence could be due to loud mowing during the visit.
Nest was unable to be located. It is believed that the nest is no longer present, probably due to a bad storm.
Adults arrived January 2013. Incubation began during February 2013.