Nickname
024-A-001
Coordinates
(40.882, -74.9248)
Substrate
Osprey Nest Platform
Description
Great Meadows.
Followers
None
Monitoring groups
What to look for
Review All Observations
2023 - CyclistBarb2021 - CyclistBarb2020 - CyclistBarb
aAdult Arrival
aOccupiedNoNoNo
aActive
bEgg Laying
bIncubation Initiation
cClutch Hatching
dNestlings
eFledglings
eFirst Chick Fledging
fChicks Last Observed
xNest Failure
xReason For Nest Failure

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Show reports, diaries, and photos from:Current 2023 2022 2021 2020

Activity reports

2020 Nest Activity Report by CyclistBarb
Adult arrivalNestlings
Nest OccupiedNoFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2021 Nest Activity Report by CyclistBarb
Adult arrivalNestlings
Nest OccupiedNoFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2023 Nest Activity Report by CyclistBarb
Adult arrivalNestlings
Nest OccupiedNoFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure

Photos of this nest

Nesting Diaries

12/12/2023 by Ben Wurst
Looks like a great site to lure barn owls to nest...

06/29/2023 by CyclistBarb
This platform is completely cleaned off; no ospreys seen anywhere in the area and no nesting material on the tower.

06/03/2022 by CyclistBarb
12:08 p.m. For as long as I have been doing osprey nest checks (since 2019), this tower has had no nesting material, and I have seen no sign of osprey at or near the area. Again this year there was no nesting material here, but when I got home and blew up my photo, lo and behold, there was a single osprey perched on the edge of the platform!! I will have to check back later and keep an eye on this platform in future seasons. There is not a large, clean body of water nearby. The closest would be Mt. Lake which is about 3 miles to the southwest. There is a small creek to the east, passing through the Great Meadows.

07/05/2021 by CyclistBarb
1:15 p.m. For the second year that I have check this nest tower, it is completely empty of nesting material and I have never seen osprey on the Great Meadow area.

07/04/2020 by CyclistBarb
4:30 p.m. I found this nest platform after researching its location a bit more. I couldn't locate it two weeks ago. It is in the center of very large, flat fields with no river nearby. It is seen/accessed from Island Rd which leads into this broad, agricultural valley. I found the platform completely empty of any nesting materials and the only bird on the structure was a red-winged blackbird. It does not seem that this area would attract osprey as the irrigation ditches and various holding ponds in this valley are covered with algae, full of weeds, and not very full. I doubt these water sources would support the large fish that osprey would want.