Nesting Diaries
One adult sitting in the nest and juvenile sitting in nest and stretching wings. Juvenile is about half of the size of the adult.
female and chick (about the size of a softball) preening. Female vocalizing as well. Both sitting toward the edge of the nest. Male sitting on a pole under the nest.
1 adult bird in the nest, head down and doing lots of rearranging of body with lots of downward head movements.
female in nest, rearranging sticks and flapping wings as she moved around (almost as if she was trying to keep her balance or not trample her chicks) with lots of downward head movements. male standing on nearby pole
Osprey visible in nest (n/a gender) before hunkering down in the nest. Multiple male osprey seen in the area but unsure which nest they belong to. Squirrel was seen coming in an out of holes on bottom of platform and going into bottom of nest
2 males circling overhead and vocalizing. Top of head seen in the nest; could have been top of incubating female's head or a chick's head. Head was small and was only able to catch glimpses of it; possible chick?
Male circling overhead and female in nest, frequently vocalizing. Told by resident that a "little one" has been seen peeking over the side of nest. Did not see any evidence of a chick.
Osprey just visible in the nest (n/a gender) and male seen foraging over water in nearby area, but could have been osprey of nearby nest.
Female on pole next to nest eating fish and vocalizing, and male in the nest.
Female in well developed nest. Osprey heard but not seen vocalizing nearby.
Nest in good condition, no ospreys in area. Weather was bad due to a tornado watch.
Nest in good condition, both male and female in nest. Sail catfish skulls found underneath the nest
Male eating fish on light pole beneath nest, no female in sight. Nest in good condition
Nest in great location and condition. Male and Female both eating fish on the telephone pole below the nest. Male flew up to the nest after eating.
Nest in good shape and female in bushes across the water from nest
nest in good shape, no osprey seen in the area but heard one vocalizing
nest in good shape, female on nearby tree and another osprey seen in the vicinity (n/a gender)
Nest in good condition, female perched on pole nest to nest.
Good nest condition, female present with at least one chick
Good nest condition, female sitting nearby
Female sitting low in nest with a male seen nearby
good nest condition, no ospreys in area
Good nest condition, female spotted sitting low inside the nest
Nest present but empty. No ospreys in the area.
Nest present and very large, but no ospreys nearby.
male & female in nest with a hatchling!
empty. adult male on tree nearby
female in nest (maybe incubating?). male perched on tree nearby
female in nest. adult male seen flying over nearby estruary
Adult male on platform - very noisy! Adult female seen perched on nearby street light
adult female preening on platform
No ospreys in nest or seen nearby
No ospreys in nest, but two seen flying nearby.
Osprey seen standing in nest! 5:30pm
Still no birds on in the nest or around but I did see another platform out n the distance that the birds maybe moving to.
No action again at this nest, there was an osprey far into the distance but not close enough to be interacting with the nest. The nest is still is good condition.
This nest seemed to be non active there were no ospreys around the nest or in the nest. But the nest seemed to be in good condition.
Adults arrived February 2013. Incubation began during March 2013. Pair last seen at nest June 2013.