Nesting Diaries
While I visited the area (7:45-8:00 a.m.), there was an adult Osprey on the edge of the light tower and just outside the nest.
7:24 AM - No Ospreys. Flies buzzing around at the nest. https://ebird.org/checklist/S144587556
Posting photo of empty nest; to show its size, status.
https://ccbbirds.org/2023/07/08/a-tale-of-two-bays-osprey-fortunes-diverge/
The bulk of the nest building seems to be done. The pair is spending some of their time perched in a tree in a wooded area just south of the nest.
6:40 AM - Ten minutes after sunrise, I photoed one Osprey fly out of nest and land on top of the other Osprey. Possible copulation. 40°F and sunny. 6:22 AM sunrise. https://ebird.org/checklist/S130637342
Observed pair this a.m. Male both delivered nesting material and chased away crows. See photo #10.
The female has arrived. The male arrived in late Feb. I observed the female and male above the nest on the light tower on 3/7. She vocalized briefly (see photo #9).
Osprey perched beside nest. Presumably this large amount of nesting branches (packed onto the ball field's light) are leftover from last year.
6.45 AM - no ospreys visible at or around nest.
5:37AM (5:55 AM sunrise) - Osprey on ball field light adjacent to light with nest.
7:21 AM Osprey at nest atop athletic field light
Much of the 2020 nest is still intact. It caught my eye, as I drove by; so I snapped a photo.
6:11 AM Saw glimpses of a young bird’s head as adult broke off bites for feeding at nest. 72 degrees F.
12:50 PM - One Osprey in nest, and second osprey perched on top of parking lot light pole
6:10am: Adult Osprey and fill-sized chick at nest. (75°F and cloud. 6:06 AM sunrise)