Nickname
Buckeye Partners Platform
Coordinates
(36.7853, -76.3015)
Substrate
Osprey Nest Platform
Description
On waterfront. Just discovered today. May be a new install as I'd never seen it before and am very familiar with the area.
Followers
None
What to look for
Review All Observations
2023 - Dave Gibson2021 - Dave Gibson2020 - Dave Gibson2019 - Dave Gibson
aAdult Arrival3/1/232/28/212/28/213/30/19
aOccupiedYesYesNoYes
aActive
bEgg Laying
bIncubation Initiation3/22/23
cClutch Hatching5/1/23
dNestlings21
eFledglings21
eFirst Chick Fledging7/2/23
fChicks Last Observed
xNest Failure
xReason For Nest Failure

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Show reports, diaries, and photos from:Current 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

Activity reports

2019 Nest Activity Report by Dave Gibson
Adult arrival03/30/2019Nestlings1
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings1
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2020 Nest Activity Report by Dave Gibson
Adult arrival02/28/2021Nestlings
Nest OccupiedNoFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2021 Nest Activity Report by Dave Gibson
Adult arrival02/28/2021Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2023 Nest Activity Report by Dave Gibson
Adult arrival03/01/2023Nestlings2
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings2
Nest Active First chick fledging07/02/2023
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiation03/22/2023Nest failure
Clutch hatching05/01/2023Reason for nest failure

Photos of this nest

Nesting Diaries

07/08/2023 by Dave Gibson
I visited in the a.m. It appears both chicks have fledged.

07/04/2023 by Dave Gibson
Visited in the a.m. One of the juveniles has fledged. When I arrived, it was perched on the unused Buckeye Partners Osprey nest platform (the one closest to Kinder Morgan). The other juvenile was still in the nest but flapped repeatedly and went airborne a few times (see photo #8). The female parent was nearby, and the male parent was in the vicinity.

07/01/2023 by Dave Gibson
Visited in the a.m. The female left the nest briefly to either get some nesting material or a snake, I couldn't tell which. The male was around as were some other Ospreys. I don't think the 2 juveniles have fledged.

06/24/2023 by Dave Gibson
Visited this a.m. It was hot, and because of heat distortion, I wasn't able to take good photos. The female and juveniles were in the nest. I don't think the juveniles have fledged.

06/19/2023 by Dave Gibson
Visited in a.m. Female was on a perch (part of the platform) and juveniles were in the nest. One of the juveniles did a lot of flapping but I didn't see it go airborne/hover. It's likely incubation initiation and clutch hatching occurred earlier than I thought. More likely 3/22 and 5/1.

06/11/2023 by Dave Gibson
Was able to get close enough to the nest to take some good photos. There are 2 healthy chicks there. The 5/18 clutch hatching date is a guess (as was the incubation initiation date).

04/22/2023 by Dave Gibson
The male delivered a long piece of rope to the nest, which already consists of landscape cloth and maybe a pipe. Nest building continues.

04/15/2023 by Dave Gibson
I noted in eBird on 4/15 that the female is incubating. My guess is incubation began around 4/8.

03/26/2023 by Dave Gibson
Both male and female were on the nest when I arrived this a.m. I watched the male as he hunted and brought in nesting material.

03/05/2023 by Dave Gibson
Discovered a pair on the nest this a.m. I assume they'd arrived earlier. The female stayed on the platform, while the male both hunted and brought nesting material to the nest. The nest needs to be rebuilt.

04/11/2021 by Dave Gibson
Photo'd for the first time this year. Nest has grown. Female on eggs?

02/28/2021 by Dave Gibson
Observed a newly arrived male on the nest. It appeared he had added a few sticks.

07/27/2019 by Dave Gibson
Observed today. The nest is flat and all are gone. I assume the nestling has fledged.

07/07/2019 by Dave Gibson
Observed this a.m. There is one large chick in the nest. While I was in the Money Point marsh and well over 200 feet away, the adult female flew from the nest 3 or 4 times and buzzed me, talons down, giving those grating alarm calls. She'd spotted me and obviously considered me a threat.

05/04/2019 by Dave Gibson
Have observed a # of times since 4/08. Female is always hunkered down. One time, though, male and female switched off, and male brooded eggs. Today, observed male bring a long rope to the nest. So, nest-building continues. Hatchlings due soon, I expect.

04/08/2019 by Dave Gibson
Was showing Laura Mae around the Kinder Morgan property and Elizabeth River Project restoration site when we spotted this platform and occupied nest. We observed one of the birds bringing nesting material to same. The 2 birds we saw could be the same birds that abandoned the "boom nest" just downriver.