Nickname
Cross Island X-Way Sign
Coordinates
(32.2107, -80.7387)
Substrate
Description
Cross Island X-Way Sign: These birds have been named Sonny and Rosie by the nest monitor.
Followers
None
Monitoring groups
What to look for
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2023 - CarolC2022 - CarolC2021 - CarolC2020 - CarolC2019 - CarolC2018 - CarolC2014 - CarolC2013 - CarolC2012 - KristenM
aAdult Arrival3/19/213/22/203/12/192/24/1812/24/13
aOccupiedYesNoYesYesYesYesNoYesNo
aActive
bEgg Laying3/21/19
bIncubation Initiation4/19/20
cClutch Hatching4/26/19
dNestlings23210
eFledglings3210
eFirst Chick Fledging6/26/19
fChicks Last Observed6/26/18
xNest Failure5/30/21
xReason For Nest Failureunknown reasonother

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Activity reports

2012 Nest Activity Report by KristenM
Adult arrivalNestlings0
Nest OccupiedNoFledglings0
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2013 Nest Activity Report by CarolC
Adult arrivalNestlings1
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings1
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2014 Nest Activity Report by CarolC
Adult arrival12/24/2013Nestlings
Nest OccupiedNoFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2018 Nest Activity Report by CarolC
Adult arrival02/24/2018Nestlings2
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings2
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed06/26/2018
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2019 Nest Activity Report by CarolC
Adult arrival03/12/2019Nestlings3
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings3
Nest Active First chick fledging06/26/2019
Egg laying03/21/2019Chicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatching04/26/2019Reason for nest failure
2020 Nest Activity Report by CarolC
Adult arrival03/22/2020Nestlings2
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiation04/19/2020Nest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2021 Nest Activity Report by CarolC
Adult arrival03/19/2021Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure05/30/2021
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failureno activity for 6 weeks
2022 Nest Activity Report by CarolC
Adult arrivalNestlings
Nest OccupiedNoFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failureunknown reason
2023 Nest Activity Report by CarolC
Adult arrivalNestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure

Photos of this nest

Nesting Diaries

06/05/2023 by CarolC
Karen R and Sue R report: Neither has seen any activity at this nest the week of May 29-Jun3 Based on a lack of activity, we are calling this nest inactive for this season.

05/25/2023 by CarolC
Sue R reports: 5/25 8:29am 1 Osprey

05/20/2023 by CarolC
Sue R reports: 5/19 5:14pm two ospreys 5/20 8:15am one osprey

05/17/2023 by CarolC
Karen R reports: two more trips yesterday but no activity

05/15/2023 by CarolC
Karen R reports that Rosemary S spotted two osprey at this nest.

05/07/2023 by CarolC
Mary Ellen and Bill H reported on this "drive by" nest: Bill and I saw TWO Osprey in the nest.

05/07/2023 by CarolC
Rosemary S reports: no one at home on the Cross Island nest.

05/06/2023 by CarolC
Sue R reports: There were 2 on the nest at 8:15 this morning!

05/04/2023 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Drove by twice yesterday between 3 - 5PM but no activity.

04/26/2023 by CarolC
Sue R. drives by the nest at times and sent the following observations: Tuesday 4/25: 2 birds about 7:30am and again about 8:15am Wednesday 4/26: 1 bird about 8:15am

04/17/2023 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Just drove by … no activity or sighting.

04/11/2023 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Drove by twice today and saw one Osprey sitting in nest both times … lots of white feathers on chest but not sure that means anything … will check again this week.

03/27/2023 by CarolC
Rosemary S reports: I saw one bird on the nest today (3/27/23) shortly after 1pm.

03/23/2023 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Drove by twice this afternoon… but no activity or sightings

03/11/2023 by CarolC
Karen R reports: I drove by the nest twice today but unfortunately 'no activity' spotted.

03/02/2023 by CarolC
Karen R reports: My fellow co-monitor for this location spotted an Osprey at the nest February 19th. Hopefully, we'll continue to see more activity.

02/19/2023 by CarolC
Rosemary S reports: One osprey at the nest.

02/13/2023 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Just took a drive to the Island and YEP the nest is much larger than last year .. previously it was just a bunch of random sticks and now it has more shape and more sticks etc in a nest shape.... still quite small compared to what it was years ago but it's promising. I did notice two osprey flying over /around the cross island expressway as i was leaving... so technically nest #2549 has promise based on my observation today and the other observation.

02/12/2023 by CarolC
Rosemary S reports: one osprey appeared to be working on nest repair.

01/30/2023 by CarolC
Karen R reports that very little of the nest remains at the start of the 2023 season

04/30/2022 by CarolC
Karen R reports no sign of any activity. Nest is inactive this season.

04/02/2022 by CarolC
Karen R reports: no activity at all. We are marking this nest as inactive this year.

03/25/2022 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Drove by today twice and still "no activity".

03/15/2022 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Drove by twice on March 14th - but NO ACTIVITY. Nest looks same as it did late January.... sparse.

02/26/2022 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Drove by twice, but no activity.

05/30/2021 by CarolC
Karen R reports: drove by 3 times in past week ... unfortunately no activity. Note: another person went by this nest and didn't see anything either. This nest may be inactive this year since there has been no activity for about 6 weeks.

05/18/2021 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Checked twice today and no activity.

05/15/2021 by CarolC
Mary Ellen H drove by this nest and reported seeing nothing.

04/29/2021 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Drove by yesterday but no activity!

04/23/2021 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Drove past twice this afternoon... no activity either time.

04/13/2021 by CarolC
Sandy P confirmed that she saw the two osprey at this nest.

04/10/2021 by CarolC
Bob C reports: Both osprey at the nest.

04/08/2021 by CarolC
KarenR reports: Spotted both adults one perched up and one sitting down!!!

03/26/2021 by CarolC
Jennifer S reports: One osprey in the nest

03/20/2021 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Spotted one osprey in the nest today.

03/19/2021 by CarolC
Bob C. reports he saw both osprey at the nest this afternoon.

03/09/2021 by CarolC
Karen R reports: missed the osprey again

03/07/2021 by CarolC
Karen R reports: made two different sweeps but saw nothing

03/06/2021 by CarolC
Mary Ellen H was able to get a quick photo with an osprey in the nest. This nest is very difficult to monitor since you simply need to slow up on a busy highway to see it. We have many eyes on the nest because if this!

02/25/2021 by CarolC
Joanne V. confirmed one osprey sitting on the structure where the nest is located.

02/21/2021 by CarolC
Karen R reports no activity; Additional note: Since this nest is on a crossbar over a busy highway with no place to stop and observe, it is very difficult to monitor the progress. A few days ago another person reported seeing an osprey in the vicinity of the nest.

02/21/2021 by CarolC
Another observer spotted one osprey in/at this nest. While there may be one osprey around the nest, no one has seen the pair yet. on 2/21/21

02/16/2021 by CarolC
Karen R reports: No sign of our ospreys for Nest#2549. Hopefully when they return they will rebuild the nest as it's missing lots of support branches.

07/24/2020 by CarolC
This is a very hard nest to monitor since it is on the crossbar on a busy road with no place to stop and observe. While there were 2 confirmed nestlings, we can not verify that they fledged. They probably did, but because we cannot be sure, we will not record any fledglings.

07/19/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: drove by again twice on July 19th - no activity

07/14/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Drove by twice July 14th but NO ACTIVITY

07/03/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: I did see a "whitish" head in the nest... my guess one of the adults.

07/02/2020 by CarolC
Bob C reports: I saw an osprey fly into the nest with a fish.

06/21/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Made two “passes” today but no activity either time for nest #2549!

06/07/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Nothing coming on to HHI but 30 minutes later 1 in nest but difficult to asses whether it was a juvenile or adult

06/06/2020 by CarolC
Bob C reports: One osprey seen in the nest...head and shoulders. Not sure if it was an adult or juvenile.

05/31/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Drove by again today and NO ACTIVITY for nest # 2549

05/18/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: drove by twice today and NO ACTIVITY

05/10/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports:Today I noticed one adult and I’m quite sure two little heads in the nest. NOTE: We added 2 nestlings to the nest report, which means our incubation date is off. This nest is hard to monitor because you can only check it while driving....there is no place to stop to view this nest on the crossbar on this busy road.

05/03/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: ... spotted both adults ... one in nest (probably female) and other flying towards the nest about 20 feet away ... so Sonny and Rosie appear to be doing well ... did not see any bobbing heads in nest but as you know it’s a difficult angle from the road.

04/24/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: spotted a “rather white” adult sitting down in nest ... no other activity. Hoping for chicks soon! NOTE: Based on this report, we are assuming that incubation has started in the past 10 days. we will simply guess the 19th.

04/12/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: only one adult spotted

04/03/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: No activity today

03/22/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Sonny and Rosie spotted today around 3pm ... one sitting up in nest and the other just flew away from nest .. no fledglings yet

03/08/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: no sign of any osprey at the nest. Hoping Rosie and Sonny return soon.

03/08/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: no sign of any osprey at the nest. Hoping Rosie and Sonny return soon.

02/22/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: saw ONE adult osprey in Nest # 2549 today. Since I noticed another observer had names for their osprey - how about "Sonny" and "Rosie" for #2549? Nest looked a wee bit better but still work to do.

02/15/2020 by CarolC
Karen R. reports: Nest # 2549 - one osprey spotted on Saturday, Feb 15th!

02/12/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: was on Cross Island Expressway today - but still no activity ... nest still in need of repair

02/04/2020 by CarolC
Karen R reports: checked this AM and "no activity at this site"

06/29/2019 by CarolC
Note; Based on observations by Karen R and the report of another person, we assume that the young have successfully fledged sometime between 6/11 and 6/28. We will go with 6/26 as our best guess since that is about 8 weeks after we believe they hatched.

06/28/2019 by CarolC
Karen R reports: drove by twice today - NO activity....

06/11/2019 by CarolC
Karen R reports: Carol - Just drove past nest #2549 and YEP - three ospreys were sitting up tall - appeared one in middle was slightly smaller but not by much

06/04/2019 by CarolC
Another observer reported that she saw three heads in the nest on June 4th. It was either two young and an adult or three young. While we recorded two nestlings, we will update it when we can determine if there are really 3 young.

05/18/2019 by CarolC
Karen R reports: active nest - yes... but not much else spotted today other than ONE adult sitting up as if he was monitoring the Cross Island Expressway!

05/18/2019 by CarolC
NOTE: Based on Karen's observations, we are guessing that eggs were laid by March 21 when Mom was "hunkered down"in the nest. Then, beginning around April 26, one osprey has been standing in the nest. This nest if very high and deep so we are still not able to see any little ones, but the above dates seem to be our best guesses on the timing.

05/06/2019 by CarolC
Karen R reports:... spotted ONE adult Osprey standing up tall in nest ... no others activity from my vantage point!

04/26/2019 by CarolC
Karen R reports: spotted ONE adult perched and sitting tall in nest - today at 5PM.

04/01/2019 by CarolC
observer Karen R reports: saw both adults in the nest.

03/24/2019 by CarolC
Karen R. reports: Drove past last Friday and this morning - no activity

03/21/2019 by CarolC
Mom was hunkered down in the nest.

03/13/2019 by CarolC
observer Karen R reports: no activity seen. However, this nest can only be seen as you drive by...no place to stop and observe.

03/12/2019 by CarolC
another observer, Jeff M, reported: Just a quick helpful side note on nest #2549 - with no perch at the expressway hard to prove both Ospreys are there as you zip down the expressway. Well yesterday BOTH Ospreys were perched on the nest. The two osprey were also seen on the nest previously by Carol C.

02/25/2019 by CarolC
observer Karen R. reports: No activity yesterday (nest empty!)

02/21/2019 by CarolC
Osprey again spotted sitting on nest

02/20/2019 by CarolC
Osprey seen sitting in the nest; no mate seen

02/18/2019 by CarolC
observer Karen R. reports: The nest is still on the crossbar but there doesn't appear to be any activity yet.

07/14/2018 by CarolC
all 2018 observations by Karen R.

07/06/2018 by CarolC
observer Karen R. reports: # 2549 today and saw NO activity (adults or chicks)

06/25/2018 by CarolC
observer reports: Both chicks were together in the nest and definitely smaller than the two adults but still much larger than I thought. NOTE: Because of the height and depth of this nest on the highway crossbar, it is nearly impossible to tell when an osprey is incubating eggs or when the chicks hatch.

06/24/2018 by CarolC
observer reports two juvenile osprey sitting outside the nest on the crossbar post. This is the first time we could verify chicks.

06/03/2018 by CarolC
Spotted one adult at the nest today. Note: This nest if high up on a roadway crossbar and the nest is deep. It is usually very hard to tell if there are young in the nest.

05/03/2018 by CarolC
observer reports: Drove by twice today ... one adult sitting in nest both times ...

04/23/2018 by CarolC
No activity noted by observer.

04/06/2018 by CarolC
Observer reports she could not see the osprey

03/16/2018 by CarolC
observer reported she spotted ONE adult standing.

03/12/2018 by CarolC
photo taken of osprey at nest on 3-3-18

03/03/2018 by CarolC
osprey in the nest

02/24/2018 by CarolC
spotted two adults.... one standing and one sitting

02/18/2018 by CarolC
No activty at nest

06/05/2017 by CarolC
1 adult standing in the nest

05/02/2017 by CarolC
1 adult sitting on the nest

07/31/2016 by CarolC
No activity observed.

07/13/2016 by CarolC
No activity observed.

06/18/2016 by CarolC
at least 1 osprey in the nest

06/06/2016 by CarolC
Young chick flapping its wings in the nest

06/01/2016 by CarolC
1 adult standing in the nest

05/16/2016 by CarolC
1 adult standing on nest

04/27/2016 by CarolC
1 adult sitting on the nest

03/01/2016 by CarolC
1 adult standing on nest

01/28/2016 by CarolC
1 adult sitting on the nest.

08/19/2015 by CarolC
No activity observed

07/08/2015 by CarolC
1 osprey siting on the edge of the nest

06/16/2015 by CarolC
2 juveniles in the nest

06/15/2015 by CarolC
Juvenile flapping around in the nest

05/27/2015 by CarolC
1 adult tending to at least 1 chick

05/19/2015 by CarolC
1 adult standing on nest feeding chick(s)

04/22/2015 by CarolC
No activity observed

02/26/2015 by CarolC
2 adults standing on nest

06/03/2014 by CarolC
No activity observed

05/27/2014 by CarolC
No activity observed

04/16/2014 by CarolC
1 adult sitting on the nest

03/12/2014 by CarolC
1 adult standing on the nest

08/13/2013 by CarolC
Np activity seen

07/22/2013 by CarolC
1 fledgling standing in the nest

06/10/2013 by CarolC
1 adult standing on nest

05/14/2013 by CarolC
no activity seen

04/26/2013 by CarolC
1 adult sitting on nest

03/14/2013 by CarolC
No activity seen

07/16/2012 by KristenM
Nest present. No adults seen.

06/17/2012 by KristenM
Nest present. No adults seen.

05/03/2012 by KristenM
1 adult sitting on nest

04/05/2012 by KristenM
1 adult standing on nest

by CarolC