Nickname
083-B-040
Coordinates
(40.2902, -73.9933)
Substrate
Light Tower
Description
The nest is located on top of the southwest stadium light, on the visitors side of the football field.
Followers
None
Monitoring groups
What to look for
Review All Observations
2024 - LNR2023 - LNR2022 - LNR2021 - LNR2016 - Gunny
aAdult Arrival3/15/243/28/233/20/223/27/21
aOccupiedYesYesYesYes
aActive
bEgg Laying
bIncubation Initiation4/13/21
cClutch Hatching
dNestlings211
eFledglings21
eFirst Chick Fledging7/20/237/17/21
fChicks Last Observed
xNest Failure7/2/22
xReason For Nest Failurenest destroyed during storm

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Show reports, diaries, and photos from:Current 2023 2022 2021 2017 2016

Activity reports

2016 Nest Activity Report by Gunny
Adult arrivalNestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2021 Nest Activity Report by LNR
Adult arrival03/27/2021Nestlings1
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings1
Nest Active First chick fledging07/17/2021
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiation04/13/2021Nest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2022 Nest Activity Report by LNR
Adult arrival03/20/2022Nestlings1
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure07/02/2022
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failurenest destroyed during storm
2023 Nest Activity Report by LNR
Adult arrival03/28/2023Nestlings2
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings2
Nest Active First chick fledging07/20/2023
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
Nest Activity Report by LNR
Adult arrival03/15/2024Nestlings
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

03/25/2024 by LNR
3/15. There were 4 osprey circling the field, much chirping, landing on light posts, taking off. One osprey would land next to another and the other would fly off. Two of the osprey had fish and sky danced. One sky danced a second time. At one point two osprey sat briefly in the nest before resuming the 4 osprey interaction. After about 20 minutes nothing was resolved but I had to leave. Between then and 3/24 I only briefly passed the High School a few times and only managed to see one osprey at a time. 3/23 and 3/24 There were definitely two osprey at the nest. On 3/24 one of the osprey flew off presumably to fish while the other remained at the nest. About 15 minutes later the osprey that left returned and settled at the nest.

09/12/2023 by LNR
I did not track when the juveniles left, but the two were definitely doing well the last time I saw them.

07/30/2023 by LNR
Flight school. Both fledglings and adults were flying around the football field.

07/22/2023 by LNR
One juvenile was flying around the football field, the other was in the nest.

07/20/2023 by LNR
One juvenile was perched at the far end of the light fixture on which the nest is built. The other was in the nest.

07/17/2023 by LNR
Two nestlings were standing up on the nest, both adults were on separate towers. One of the nestlings was preening, the other was flapping its wings and hopping. This was around 7 am.

04/18/2023 by LNR
Looks at though they may be incubating but will check again in a day or so.

04/05/2023 by LNR
The osprey have spent a good deal of energy this last week working on rebuilding their nest. The male was observed making 4 or 5 trips back with branches during a couple of 15 minute observation times during the week. The female made shorter, less frequent flights to pick up some nearby sticks. Once when they both were away from the nest another osprey flew by, poached a large stick from the nest and flew off.

03/30/2023 by LNR
3/28/23 Osprey arrived approximately on this date. Their nest is completely gone. given that it survived storms last summer it is possible that it was removed by human intervention, but I have no proof of that. 3/30/23 This evening one osprey was perched on the light fixture where their nest was last year. There are some branches or vines on the fixture that weren't there before but they have to build the nest from scratch.

07/16/2022 by LNR
Around 7 AM, both birds were still around the football field. One was eating a fish on a light fixture on the opposite side of the field from the nest. The other bird brought some nesting materials to the post diagonally across the field from the nest. In the 15 minutes I watched, it made 4 trips in with mostly small branches. There was not much nest material on the pole so the bird may not have been doing a lot of bringing in materials at other times.

07/04/2022 by LNR
There was a severe storm the evening of 7/2/22 with driving rain (1 inch in about 20 minutes), high winds, and hail. I believe the chick died as a result. On 7/3 both adult birds were present on light fixtures on the opposite side of the field. On 7/4 both adults were present on light fixtures other than the nest light. Around 7 am the male flew down to the field, picked up a stick and flew to the light where the female was perched. Later in the morning both adults were on a different light fixture with a small twig next to them.

06/28/2022 by LNR
Around 7 AM one adult (presumably male) was on a light fixture across from the nest eating a freshly caught fish--the fish's tail appeared to be thrashing. The other was at the nest. Eventually the fish was delivered to the nest at which point one chick became visible. In 3-4 visits this week I have only seen one chick.

06/22/2022 by LNR
The nest is active. The female was perched on the side of the nest and today was the first time I saw the top of a juvenile's head. It remains to be seen whether there is more than one juvenile. The male was not present at the time of the visit.

04/26/2022 by LNR
The osprey arrived sometime between 3/12/2022 when none were present and 3/22/2022 when two were observed at the stadium. On 4/2/22 and 4/9/22they were observed copulating at the nest. By 4/23/22 the female appears to be incubating, but since I made no observations in the the last two weeks I have no information on when she began.

08/01/2021 by LNR
All three ospreys were present this morning around 7AM. The fledgling was at the nest enjoying fish breakfast. After it was finished it flew to a lower light fixture for a while, then flew to one of the high lights. Most of the flights I observed this week were approximately the height of 2 - 4 stories of the high school. It moves around the campus and off into the neighborhood. One or both adults remain on nearby light towers.

07/21/2021 by LNR
Date of fledging is approximate. I could not spot the juvenile on 7/20/2021 anywhere and guess it may have been somewhere in the neighborhood. During previous stops earlier in the week the juvenile was at the nest. On 7/17/2021 the juvenile was sitting on the southeast lightpole, south of the pole that supports the nest.

06/27/2021 by LNR
Both adults were at the nest for a while this morning. Female was busy eating a fish. Eventually a chick popped its head up. It did some wing exercises showing its impressive wingspan.

06/15/2021 by LNR
Adults were at nest feeding chicks around 7 am. On 6/13/2021 one chick was up high enough to be spotted as it was being fed. Still impossible to know how many chicks are in the nest.

05/26/2021 by LNR
Eggs should have hatched sometime last week. The nest is too high to tell how many chicks, but the nest was active as of yesterday morning. Adult observed standing high in nest, later moved down where it could not be seen from ground level.

04/17/2021 by LNR
Location of the nest makes it impossible to see if there are eggs, but birds were observed mating today as well as 4/10 and it has been hard to see if there is a bird in the nest. I would guess they are incubating since I can barely see the head at times.