Nest #7057

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Nest #7057

Nickname

New Quarter Point #4

Coordinates

(37.2968, -76.6328)

Substrate

Channel Marker

Description

Stick Nest on Channel Marker #15A near the mouth of Queens Creek of the point of New Quarter Park, York County, VA. Osprey pair are building a nest on the marker.

Followers

None

Monitoring groups

Virginia Master Naturalist

What to look for

Adult Arrival

Look for 2 adults on the nest. The adult pair will show pair bonding behaviors such as vocalizations, aerial sky dances, and the male feeding the female fish. You may see the pair copulating, which typically begins 14 days before laying eggs.

Incubation Initiation

Females will lay 1 - 4 eggs at a rate of one egg every 1 - 2 days. After laying, incubation starts. Look for adults taking turns sitting low in the nest incubating eggs. The incubation period can last 35 - 43 days.

Clutch Hatching

Chicks hatch ~39 days after incubation begins. Look for adults bringing food to the nest and making "head bows" into the center. Chicks typically can't be seen until they are 2 - 3 weeks old, so feeding behavior is the only way to know chicks are there.

Nestling Count

Around 4 weeks after hatching, look for the heads of chicks to show over the rim of the nest, particularly when adults bring food to the nest. Other times they lie flat and are harder to see. Count the number of chicks in the nest before they learn to fly

Fledgling Count

Chicks begin flying around 7 - 8 weeks old, and are still fed by the adults. Count the number of chicks who have successfully fledged the nest and are observed flying.

Chick Last Observed

4 - 10 weeks after fledging, chicks begin leaving the nest area to migrate south, once they have learned to fly and feed themselves. Record the date that the last chick left the nest.

Nest Failure

Look for signs of nest failure like adult abandonment, adults no longer incubating eggs or feeding young.

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	2018 - SharonF
aAdult Arrival	3/31/18
aOccupied	Yes
aActive
bEgg Laying
bIncubation Initiation	4/26/18
cClutch Hatching	6/8/18
dNestlings	1
eFledglings	1
eFirst Chick Fledging	7/26/18
fChicks Last Observed
xNest Failure
xReason For Nest Failure

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Activity reports

2018 Nest Activity Report by SharonF

Adult arrival	03/31/2018	Nestlings	1
Nest Occupied	Yes	Fledglings	1
Nest Active		First chick fledging	07/26/2018
Egg laying		Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation	04/26/2018	Nest failure
Clutch hatching	06/08/2018	Reason for nest failure

Photos of this nest

Nesting Diaries

08/03/2018 by SharonF

Mother and chick both resting in the nest. Eventually the female flew, could here here calling but the foliage is so thick could not locate her. chick then also flew and then it started pouring rain again..

07/19/2018 by SharonF

Only one chick with the female. The chick is doing a lot of flapping of his wings so fledging must be close. Male flew in with a fish and then away. Have not located the males feeding perch, it could be above me in the trees.

07/04/2018 by SharonF

Female perched on edge of nest, looking into the nest. Can not tell how many chicks. No sign of male.

06/26/2018 by SharonF

Female upright on edge of nest. Observed movement in nest and saw at least one chick, but impossible to determine if more than one. No sign of male.

06/14/2018 by SharonF

Female remained close to edge of the nest and fairly still for the hour I was watching. Also no sign of the male, or chicks.

06/08/2018 by SharonF

Can not see any chicks but female exhibits the behavior indicating the eggs have hatched. She is bobbing her head, moving around the nest. Male is in a tree across the water.

06/01/2018 by SharonF

As far as I can tell she's still incubating. Could see no signs that eggs have hatched. Male was perched across the water on dead tree.

05/21/2018 by SharonF

Birds survived the storms. Female incubating away, did not see the male but heard him. I think he perches in trees above me across from nest.

05/13/2018 by SharonF

Female on nest incubating. A sail boat came very close to the mile marker/nest, frightened the bird, and she flew away briefly. A large bald eagle is perched in a tree across the creek. I had not seen the male osprey although I heard him calling. Did not see any signs of feeding, although they could have finished before I arrivedarrived The male flew in and around the eagle, but the eagle stayed put, at which point the male joined the female on the nest. Hope they survive.

05/02/2018 by SharonF

Female incubating, no sign of male.

04/26/2018 by SharonF

Female sitting low in nest, apparently incubating eggs. Can not see into nest to determine number of eggs.

04/18/2018 by SharonF

Female perched on nest, so no eggs yet.

04/12/2018 by SharonF

Nest looks complete. Female standing in nest. Male arrived and they mated, then he flew away.

04/06/2018 by SharonF

osprey pair spotted by Jan Lockwood on 4/1. Observed one osprey perched on edge of partially completed nest .