Nickname
Freeman Ave
Coordinates
(36.7869, -76.2858)
Substrate
Cell Tower
Description
Nest located on cell tower at the intersection of I-464 & Freeman Ave (exit 3)
Followers
None
What to look for
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2024 - LauraLOVESbirds2023 - LauraLOVESbirds2022 - LauraLOVESbirds2020 - LauraLOVESbirds2019 - LauraLOVESbirds2019 - Dave Gibson2018 - LauraLOVESbirds2018 - Dave Gibson2013 - ShutterbugBob
aAdult Arrival3/14/243/23/237/30/223/16/203/22/19
aOccupiedYesNoNoYesYesYesNo
aActive
bEgg Laying
bIncubation Initiation
cClutch Hatching
dNestlings12
eFledglings12
eFirst Chick Fledging
fChicks Last Observed
xNest Failure8/22/22
xReason For Nest Failureadult abandonment

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Show reports, diaries, and photos from:Current 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2013

Activity reports

2013 Nest Activity Report by ShutterbugBob
Adult arrivalNestlings
Nest OccupiedNoFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2018 Nest Activity Report by LauraLOVESbirds
Adult arrivalNestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2018 Nest Activity Report by Dave Gibson
Adult arrivalNestlings2
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings2
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2019 Nest Activity Report by LauraLOVESbirds
Adult arrival03/22/2019Nestlings
Nest OccupiedNoFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2019 Nest Activity Report by Dave Gibson
Adult arrivalNestlings1
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings1
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2020 Nest Activity Report by LauraLOVESbirds
Adult arrival03/16/2020Nestlings
Nest OccupiedNoFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2022 Nest Activity Report by LauraLOVESbirds
Adult arrival07/30/2022Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure08/22/2022
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failureadult abandonment
2023 Nest Activity Report by LauraLOVESbirds
Adult arrival03/23/2023Nestlings
Nest Occupied Fledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
Nest Activity Report by LauraLOVESbirds
Adult arrival03/14/2024Nestlings
Nest Occupied Fledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure

Photos of this nest

Nesting Diaries

03/21/2024 by LauraLOVESbirds
8:17 AM - Osprey at cell tower with nest

03/18/2024 by LauraLOVESbirds
8:26 AM Osprey flying and carrying nesting materials to the nest on top of cell tower. 52°F

03/15/2024 by LauraLOVESbirds
8:14 AM - Osprey flying below cell tower with nest. 62°F

03/15/2024 by LauraLOVESbirds
4:51 PM - Two Ospreys flying near (south of) cell tower with nest. 70°F

03/14/2024 by LauraLOVESbirds
7:59 AM - Observed Osprey flying to center of cell tower with nest

08/18/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
8:40 AM - Osprey on the lower of the cell tower's two platforms. Same platform where nest is. 79°F and sunny.

08/08/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
4:15 PM - Osprey on the lower of the cell tower's two platforms. Same platform where nest is. 88 degrees F and sunny.

07/28/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
8.06 AM - Adult osprey in the nest. Looking into the center of the nest. I think there might be a chick!

07/28/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
4:40 PM - have not found a location with an angle/view of inside the nest. An adult Osprey flew in from the northeast and landed beside the nest shortly after I arrived. 93 degrees F and sunny. I uploaded two photos. This morning, it looked like adult osprey was tending to center of nest. (Chicks?)

07/23/2023 by Dave Gibson
Observed in the a.m. both from the I-464 off ramp nearby and from Freeman Ave. There were 2 adults near the nest in the tower. I didn't see any chicks.

07/18/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
5:42 PM - Osprey on cell tower. 92°F

07/17/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
7:59 AM - Osprey at the nest on top of cell tower

07/15/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
7/7/23 4:01 PM - Osprey at nest. 91°F

05/29/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
1:35 PM - Adult Osprey at nest and vocalizing.

05/03/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
7:26 AM: Osprey on cell tower. Very tall nest on lower platform of cell tower. Multiple long, strings or ribbons of some sort streaming in the wind. Fancy!

04/04/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
4:47 PM Osprey on top of cell tower

03/27/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
4:12 PM - Osprey carrying something and flying near cell tower. 74°F and mostly sunny

03/27/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
7:20 AM - Osprey flying towards cell tower, and carrying something. 57°F and cloudy. 6:58 AM sunrise

03/25/2023 by Dave Gibson
While driving, observed an Osprey delivering nesting material to the tower. The material was almost as big as the bird.

03/24/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
5:59 PM Osprey at cell tower. 62°F and sunny

03/23/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
8:15 AM Osprey flew down from top of cell tower

03/23/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
4:51 PM Osprey flying near cell tower

03/08/2023 by LauraLOVESbirds
12:48 PM: checked nest. No Ospreys, even though other nearby cell tower nests have Ospreys.

08/22/2022 by LauraLOVESbirds
I drive by this nest twice daily on weekdays. Although the nesting material is quite high, it is loosely 'constructed,' and I have not seen Ospreys here since. What I saw might have been young Ospreys building and end of season practice nest.

07/30/2022 by LauraLOVESbirds
8:55 AM: Photoed two adult Ospreys at nest on bottom platform of cell tower, and one Osprey flying by. One or more Ospreys vocalized. About a half hour earlier, I stopped in shock to see an Osprey carrying a branch to this nest! Surprised to see nest building **starting** so late in the season; but this cell tower was unavailable to the Ospreys earlier this year. I recall seeing humans and cables occupying the cell tower for weeks in May (at the beginning of Osprey nesting season).

07/30/2022 by LauraLOVESbirds
8:08 AM: Surprised to see Osprey carrying long branch (!) at this time of year. Carried it to a cell tower used for nesting in past years. This year however the cell tower was occupied by humans and cables in May/during the ospreys spring nesting season. Will the ospreys nest, breed and rear young this late in the season? http://www.osprey-watch.org/nests/3850

06/05/2022 by LauraLOVESbirds
6:35 AM - cables are finally gone. Too late in the Osprey breeding season. :(

05/27/2022 by LauraLOVESbirds
5:10 PM - Cables still strung up from the ground up to the top of the cell tower. No Ospreys. 77°F

05/25/2022 by LauraLOVESbirds
AM - Cables still strung up from the ground up to the top of the cell tower. No Ospreys.

05/16/2022 by LauraLOVESbirds
5PM-Ospreys have nested on cell tower in prior years. No Ospreys and no evidence of nest building this year - likely due to equipment and cables suspended from top of cell tower. Man is working on bottom of two platforms right now and two cables are run from platform to ground. Equipment and cables were run last month too. 80°F and mostly sunny

06/09/2021 by LauraLOVESbirds
4:44PM adult Osprey atop cell tower with nest. 83°F

03/25/2021 by LauraLOVESbirds
8:11 AM Osprey stop cell tower at nest. 60°F

07/24/2020 by LauraLOVESbirds
7:30 AM Adult at nest. 71°F

04/27/2020 by LauraLOVESbirds
6:40AM Adult atop cell tower. 55°F

04/18/2020 by LauraLOVESbirds
6:18 AM Adult atop cell tower. 64°F and about 10 minutes before sunrise

04/17/2020 by LauraLOVESbirds
7:35 AM Osprey perched atop cell tower (where nest has been in past years)

03/16/2020 by LauraLOVESbirds
4:43 PM - Two ospreys flying in opposite directions at I-464 and below last year's nest location atop cell tower.

03/10/2020 by LauraLOVESbirds
A few days ago, I noticed a crane up against this nest's cell tower. <I thought, They had all year, why wait within days of the Ospreys' return to work on this tower?" I thought about calling; but bird protection laws were changed this year.> ...The next day, the crane was gone; but there were wires from the ground to the top of the tower. Then I saw a worker at the nest, and another day, I saw a worker climbing up the tower.

08/27/2019 by Dave Gibson
Nest appears empty. Chick has fledged.

08/11/2019 by Dave Gibson
As I drove by on my way to Money Point, I could clearly see a large nestling flopping around in the nest and exercising its wings.

07/07/2019 by Dave Gibson
Observed briefly this a.m. Saw 1 adult Osprey in the nest and 1 chick. The adult later left.

06/22/2019 by LauraLOVESbirds
6:58 AM - female sitting deep inside nest

06/02/2019 by LauraLOVESbirds
4:57 PM Adult Osprey in nest. Unable to see chicks yet; but see green plastic netting spread out above nest. - Deliberate by Osprey, to protect chicks from predation?

04/13/2019 by LauraLOVESbirds
11:05 AM Adult Osprey photoed at nest.

03/31/2019 by Dave Gibson
Observed activity here for the first time this year on 3/30.

03/29/2019 by LauraLOVESbirds
9:51 AM Adult osprey carried nesting material to nest atop cell tower.

03/23/2019 by LauraLOVESbirds
5:28 PM Two Ospreys flying together over I-464, near this nest on the top of the cell tower.

03/22/2019 by LauraLOVESbirds
7:11 AM Osprey perched atop cell tower at nest

08/11/2018 by Dave Gibson
One juvenile on corner of tower. Much vocalizing. No sign of a second, though second may have been there somewhere. I assume both juveniles have fledged.

07/22/2018 by Dave Gibson
Stopped by briefly. This is a hard nest to see as it's right in the middle at the top. I don't think there's any question that there are 2 nestlings in the nest. I could easily hear them as an adult approached and then landed on the tower.

07/19/2018 by LauraLOVESbirds
2pm: Adult Osprey at nest. 85°F

06/02/2018 by Dave Gibson
In afternoon, observed Osprey on the nest. The nest isn't large and is somewhat hard to see. The Osprey's head is just visible. Have posted 2 photos. They are the first 2 in the series.

06/02/2018 by Dave Gibson
I was on my way home from Money Point this am when I saw an Osprey (male?) delivering a stick to the nest. Didn't realize there was a nest there! I could see the nest, which looked small. Will return later to observe/photograph.

05/01/2018 by LauraLOVESbirds
5:35pm: Osprey at nest.

04/30/2018 by LauraLOVESbirds
7:40am: Osprey at nest. 51°F

04/11/2018 by LauraLOVESbirds
4:24p: Adult at nest. Nest height is modest (short). Uploaded photos. 58°F and cloudy

03/30/2018 by LauraLOVESbirds
8:38am: Adult at nest. 70°F

03/27/2018 by LauraLOVESbirds
7:31am: Adult at nest. 41°F

03/16/2018 by LauraLOVESbirds
7:42am: Adult atop cell tower at nest. 41°F

03/14/2018 by LauraLOVESbirds
5:09pm: Adult spotted flying at cell tower nest site. Same altitude.

07/14/2017 by LauraLOVESbirds
7:35am - adult at nest. 81°F

07/13/2017 by LauraLOVESbirds
7:18am - adult at nest

07/10/2017 by LauraLOVESbirds
4:45pm - wings flapping in nest. 90°F

07/10/2017 by LauraLOVESbirds
7:25am - adult at nest. 79°F

06/30/2017 by LauraLOVESbirds
5:19pm - adult at nest. 92°F

06/30/2017 by LauraLOVESbirds
7:59am - adult at nest. 76°F

04/14/2017 by LauraLOVESbirds
10:26am - adult on nest

04/03/2017 by LauraLOVESbirds
11:42am - Pair together at nest atop cell tower

03/29/2013 by ShutterbugBob
My first observation on an osprey at this location. Saw one adult and a partially completed nest today, March 29, 2013