Nesting Diaries
10:45 AM - Zero Ospreys. Fish Crow standing in and on edge of Osprey nest atop crane. Vocalizing, and debris falling. Is he protesting/dismantling it, or guarding it and waiting to welcome an Osprey? (30 minutes and a few miles away, I observed 4 vocalizing American Crows at another Osprey nest being built by an Osprey.)
7:55 AM -9:45 AM Two adults at nest, with one periodically hunting. They did a nice job rebuilding their nest - since the last post. 72°F, Sunny, 74% humidity, wind SSW at 4 mph
7:19 AM - Osprey atop crane at last year's nest site. only a few nesting material items there. Nest needs to be rebuilt. Blackbird harassed Osprey. 44°F
Observed nest by chance this am. Both fledglings in nest and vocalizing. Observed them in flight as well. But generally they were in and around the nest. See photos 15/20 & 16/20.
6:25pm: Two adult-sized chicks in nest
8.56am: one adult and one full-size chick in nest. Attaching photo. 80°F, humid and cloudy
8:17am: photoed two chicks and adult in nest. 76°F
9:20am: Adult osprey flying around nest and vocalizing.
6:46pm: empty nest. (Big winds, last day and a half, appear to have reduced nest size) Low tide. 58°F
5:26pm - Two adults at nest. One left nest with fish (removed fish from nest). Uploaded photos. 59°F
8:53am - Adult at nest. 53°F and partly cloudy
7:32 am - Spotted adult on crane across from boat ramp. Later saw it - or a second - hunting behind Kelly’s restaurant. After several failed attempts (while being chased by 3 crows), it caught a fish and headed west down river back towards crane. 41°F and overcast
10:35am: From Battlefield Blvd, I spotted Osprey atop tower-like structure on Tilden Ave, near last year's nest. Drove and parked at Tilden Ave. Photoed two men (one masked?) climb tower. Osprey flew off as they approached the top.
10:25pm: Osprey in nest, and two in the air. One caught fish west of Battlefield Blvd. 79°F
On 3/26/12, the first visit to this nest, we saw one of the osprey bring material to the nest. There was also a short mid-air encounter between one of the osprey and a juvenile bald eagle.
Bases on different zoom levels of the map, the barge is apparently moved periodically, so can't vouch for the GPS location at any given moment :)