Nesting Diaries
Two Osprey on the post, no nest.
Bare post, two, then one Osprey on it
Bare post, two Osprey on it
One Osprey on the post with a few sticks on it.
Post has a few more sticks on it.
One Osprey on the post with a few sticks on it.
One Osprey on the post with a few sticks on it.
Post empty at first, no Osprey, no sticks. Then one Osprey arrives and perches for over 10 minutes. Another Osprey accompanies the first, and flies around, picks up a stick from the river, but doesn't deliver it.
One Osprey on the nest/post
Up to two Osprey seen on the nest/post. Post clearly seen protruding above the "nest".
Two Osprey seen on the nest/post. Small nest is now in evidence
Two Osprey seen on the post.
Nothing seen. Looks like it is abandoned!
No Ospreys seen over about 20 minutes. A few sticks remain as a "nest".
Two Osprey seen going to and from the nest. Rebuilding it.
Two Osprey seen on the post - nest much reduced, almost gone.
Two Osprey seen on the nest
Two Osprey seen on the nest
One Osprey seen on the nest, could be a juvenile.
One Osprey seen on the nest, looks like a juvenile.
One Osprey seen on the nest, looks like a juvenile.
Nest empty at first, then one Osprey seen on the nest, unclear if adult or juvenile.
Two Osprey on the nest, one adult, one juvenile
One Osprey on the nest, unclear if adult or juvenile.
Two Ospreys on the nest, one adult, one juvenile
One Osprey on the nest, another perched in a tree nearby. Nested Osprey flies off, then returns.
One adult and one juvenile on nest. Second adult arrives with a fish, both feed on it. Later, only one Osprey on the nest, unclear if it is adult or juvenile.
One juvenile visible on nest, eating. An adult flies in and stays on the nest while juvenile continues its meal.
Two Ospreys sat on nest. Looks like one adult and one juvenile
One adult visible on nest. Male arrives with fish. Juvenile pops up. Male flies off after a few minutes. Female and Juvenile feed.
Two adults and one juvenile visible at first. One adult flies off. Juvenile remains clearly visible - preening itself and moving around.
One Osprey stood to the side of the nest. Speckled wing of juvenile briefly seen.
One Osprey stood to the side of the nest. One chick clearly visible.
One Osprey stood to one side in the nest.
One Osprey stood to one side in the nest. Other arrives with a fish, then flies off. One chick just visible.
One Osprey stood to one side in the nest.
One Osprey sat low on the nest
One Osprey sat low on the nest, other flying nearby.
One Osprey sat low on the nest
Nothing visible, possibly very low
One Osprey sat low on the nest
Two Osprey on the nest, then one flies off
Two Osprey on the nest, one flies off (male?) and returns with nesting material.
Two Osprey on the nest, re-arranging it.
Two Ospreys observed on the nest.
Start of a nest - Not sure if this is new or possibly remains of last year.
Nest empty at first. One Osprey perched in nearby tree on far side of river. Later nest is occupied by one adult
One osprey on the nest at first. Then flies off.
Full nest and one Osprey.
One Osprey on the post, another joins it briefly.
One Osprey on the post briefly.
Nest post empty. Nothing seen nearby.
Nest post empty. Nothing seen nearby.
Nest post empty. Nothing seen nearby.
One juvenile on the nest post.
One juvenile and one adult on the nest/post. Adult is eating a fish.
One juvenile and one adult on the nest. Juvenile eating fish, and occasionally flapping wings.
One Osprey - assumed juvenile, perched on the post / nest.
One adult and one juvenile perched on the post / nest.
One adult and one juvenile on the remains of the nest. Juvenile stretching and flapping his wings, and takes a few small hops.
One adult sat on side of nest. One chick visible.
One adult sat on side of nest. A second adult brings a fish, and they start eating. One chick seen, possibly two. Nest seems a lot smaller.
One adult sat on side of nest. No chicks seen.
Adult on nest feeding a juvenile. One other juvenile visible.
One adult sat on the nest. Head of one chick and wing flap another seen.
Adult Osprey on nest feeding a chick. She flies off, at which point is is clear that there are 3 chicks in the nest. She returns with a stick!.
One adult sat on the nest. Wing flap of at least one chick seen.
Male eating fish at side of nest. Seems to pass some to the female, who then reaches into the nest.
One Osprey sat on the nest. Occasionally reaching down into it, and moving around.
Two adults on nest at first, possibly feeding. One flies off, other settles down low.
One Osprey sat low in the nest. Head barely visible at times.
One Osprey on the nest at first. Then another lands, and starts eating a fish. Other flies off. Second bird continues eating. No feeding chicks observed.
One Osprey very low on the nest. Then the other lands, and remains at the side of the nest.
One Osprey very low on the nest at first, barely visible. Then another lands, and remains at the side of the nest.
One Osprey sat low in the nest. At one point appears to be turning eggs.
One Osprey on the nest at first. Then another lands, and appears to be eating a fish.
Both birds on nest at first. One sat one stood to the side. Seated bird then flies off.
One Osprey sat high to the side of the nest.
One Osprey sat high to the side of the nest.
Two Ospreys seen on the nest
Two Ospreys seen on the nest.
A gull is in residence on the nest.No Ospreys seen or heard in the area. Looks like they have headed south.
Looks like three Ospreys circling high above nest. Then one adult bird on north side of river.
Nothing seen on the nest, but an adult Osprey is seen on the north side of the river close to the previous sightings of the juvenile.
Approaching nest viewing area I see one Osprey hovering nearby, and hear another calling. The bird hovering then flies off. The other Osprey continues to call, fly and perch in the area, finally perching on a dead tree on north side of the river. It can then be identified as a juvenile, and it flies off towards the nest and lands on it.
Nest empty at first. Osprey call heard coming from juvenile perched on north side of the river. It flies off towards the nest and lands on it.
Juvenile moving around on the nest. No adults seen.
One Juvenile on the nest.
One Juvenile on the nest eating a fish.
One Juvenile on the nest. Two other Ospreys flying in the neighborhood.
Two birds in the nest. One adult, one juvenile.
Adult bird in the nest with a fish. Juvenile flies in and shares the meal, being fed and feeding itself
Two birds in the nest. Adult is and feeding juvenile
Two birds in the nest. Adult is stood up and feeding. Juvenile sat down low. Looks like adult is feeding itself at first, then the juvenile gets a few mouthfulls.
Adult and juvenile on nest
One adult and one chick on nest. Second adult arrives with fish. Feeds chick. First adult flies off. Chick now big enough to be seen clearly.
Two adults on the nest, male? Seems to be feeding himself. Female flies off after several minutes. Possible wing flap of chick seen.
Two adults on the nest, one behind reaches down into nest 1-2 times, and flies off. After a few minutes other adult flies off. Chick's wing flap seen briefly.
Adult on nest at first, then flies off, returning a few minutes later without fish. Chick visible momentarily.
One adult on nest, occasionally reaching down into it.
One bird sat on nest, head reaching into nest, possibly feeding self or chick(s)
Two adults perched in the nest, reaching down into it. Possibly feeding chick(s)
One bird sat low in nest.
One bird on nest. A flash of white appears briefly - probable chick.
One bird sat low in nest. Then another arrives, perches at side of nest, feeding?.
One bird sat low in nest.
One bird sat low in the nest.
One bird sat very low in nest - barely visible
One bird sat fairly low in nest
One bird sat fairly low on nest.
Two birds on the nest. Nest developing slowly
Nothing seen. No signs of any nest development
One Osprey seen at nest site
Post/nest empty at first, then one juvenile arrives.
One juvenile on the post (no nest). Adult arrives after a few minutes with a fish, deposits it and flies off. Juvenile eats.
Nest gone, only a few sticks remain, no Osprey around
Remains of nest empty. Nest much reduced in size.
One juvenile and one adult(?) on nest.
Adults bird at side of nest, juvenile down low. Juvenile gets up, stretches and flies off for a minute and returns
One bird (adult) perched on nest. Not much activity. After ~15 minutes juvenile arrives and settles down low after a few minutes.
One adult and 2 juveniles stood at side of nest. Both juveniles stretching wings. After about 2 minutes one juvenile flies off briefly and returns. After ~20 minutes second adult arrives with fish, deposits it and flies off. Adult and one juvenile feed. After ~10 minutes, adult flies off, gets nesting material from the river and returns.
1 adult sat high at the side of the nest. 1 juvenile sat low. Adult shading juvenile(s). 1 juvenile stretches wings, stands for a few minutes, then settles down low
1 adult sat high at the side of the nest. 2 juveniles present down low.
1 adult and 2 juveniles present. Young ones sat up high at first, then down low.
1 adult (F?) and 2 juveniles present. 1 juvenile stretching its wings
Adult arrives after a couple of minutes, with fish. Tears pieces off and feeds chicks. 2 chicks visible.
Female on nest feeding 2 chicks. Male arrives, no fish,but both adults stay on nest for a while (>10 minutes)
One bird in nest, head bobbing inside.
Two adults on the nest at first. One flies off, other seems to be feeding chicks. it settles down low, with head bobbing into nest. Eagle flying too close is seen off by the bird in the nest, who then returns to the side of the nest, occasionally reaching in.
One bird on the nest, quite low. Moves to side of nest stay there, perched high for several minutes.
One adult and one juvenile on nest. Feeding.
One adult perched on nest.
One adult perched on nest. Juvenile not visible, not seen for at least 40 mins.
One adult perched high on nest. Juvenile barely visible inside at first, then stands up. Adult flies off soon after. Then juvenile flies off for a few minutes before returning.
One adult to the side of the nest, one chick in nest. Another adult arrives with fish, both birds in the nest start to eat. Juvenile stretches and flaps its wings - a few hops, looks almost ready to fly.
One adult to the side of the nest, attending to chick(s). Occasional chick's head / wing visible as it slaps from inside the nest.
At least 2 birds on nest, can not see if young are present.
07/03/2013 by
One adult present. Nest empty.
One adult present. Nest empty.
One adult present. Nest empty.
One adult present. Nest empty.
Checked nest with a mirror pole today. 1 egg.