Nest #7848

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Nest #7848

Nickname

Long Neck

Coordinates

(41.7458, -70.6358)

Substrate

Live Tree

Description

Long Neck Cemetery, Point Independence, MA

Followers

None

Monitoring groups

Mass Audubon-South Coast

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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Review All Observations

	2021 - scm	2020 - scm
aAdult Arrival	4/19/21
aOccupied	No	Yes
aActive
bEgg Laying
bIncubation Initiation
cClutch Hatching
dNestlings		0
eFledglings
eFirst Chick Fledging
fChicks Last Observed
xNest Failure		12/20/07
xReason For Nest Failure		other

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Show reports, diaries, and photos from:Current 2021 2020

Activity reports

2020 Nest Activity Report by scm

Adult arrival		Nestlings	0
Nest Occupied	Yes	Fledglings
Nest Active		First chick fledging
Egg laying		Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation		Nest failure	12/20/0007
Clutch hatching		Reason for nest failure	It appears that the female died. See details in diary.

2021 Nest Activity Report by scm

Adult arrival	04/19/2021	Nestlings
Nest Occupied	No	Fledglings
Nest Active		First chick fledging
Egg laying		Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation		Nest failure
Clutch hatching		Reason for nest failure

Photos of this nest

Nesting Diaries

04/19/2021 by scm

Two osprey in nest. A sunny morning.

09/04/2020 by scm

My interpretation of the observations, is that the female was the dead bird in cemetery. The male hung around for a long time after she died. I wonder if there were eggs in the nest.

07/29/2020 by scm

Osprey flew away from nest/tree as I approached the edge of the cemetery.

07/28/2020 by scm

One osprey perched on nest.

07/25/2020 by scm

The usual scene: adult perched above the nest. No activity in the nest.

07/22/2020 by scm

One adult perched above the nest. Sitting in the rain.

07/21/2020 by scm

Large adult flew off from tree with nest as I arrived. There was a dead bird in the cemetery below the nest last week. I think it was an osprey. And now there is only one adult hanging out by the nest.Today the dead bird has been removed from the cemetery. I have a photo taken earlier of the dead bird.

07/12/2020 by scm

Dead bird on ground in cemetery near the nest. It could be an osprey.

06/18/2020 by scm

Female sitting low in nest. Male arrives and perches on branch above nest. (He may have brought food but I didn't actually see.) After a half hour, the female shows some interest in something in the nest and then begins feeding. After some time she moves aside. The male comes down from perch to eat, feeding from the same area of the nest. After 7 minutes, the male flies away. Female relocates to sit low in nest. Fifteen minutes later, two other osprey soaring high in the same area. One carrying what appears to be nesting material.

05/10/2020 by scm

A week ago, an osprey was perched above the nest. After some time, another arrived, appearing to navigate among branches to enter the nest which is located maybe 8-10 feet down from the top of the tree. After a third approach, it landed on nest. Stood on nest for some time, appeared unsettled at first, but later settled down. After 5 - 10 minutes, a third osprey approached. The osprey which had been perched in the upper part of the tree flew away, following (or chasing?) this third osprey. The one in the nest stayed put. After some time one osprey (returned?), joined the one in the nest. Possibly mating.

05/10/2020 by scm

Today one osprey barely visible in nest. Another osprey arrived joining the one in nest. After some fluttering around and excitement, one osprey left the nest with some food in mouth, transferred it to foot/feet mid-flight. Landed in tree by cemetery road and proceeded to eat.