Nest #8028

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Nest #8028

Nickname

Spartina Ct. Sea Pines

Coordinates

(32.1428, -80.7939)

Substrate

Live Tree

Description

This nest was spotted in early March 2021. The nest is in the crook of a live pine tree located in Sea Pines on the lagoon side of Spartina Ct, which does not have houses. It can be seen from the street in front of 2640 Spartina Ct. Also referred to as the Calibogie Cay Club nest. The pair is named Cal and Tina.

Followers

None

Monitoring groups

LowCountry Institute

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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	2023 - CarolC	2022 - CarolC	2021 - CarolC
aAdult Arrival	2/6/23	2/19/22	3/9/21
aOccupied		Yes	Yes
aActive
bEgg Laying
bIncubation Initiation
cClutch Hatching			5/31/21
dNestlings		1	1
eFledglings			0
eFirst Chick Fledging
fChicks Last Observed
xNest Failure
xReason For Nest Failure

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Show reports, diaries, and photos from:Current 2022 2021

Activity reports

2021 Nest Activity Report by CarolC

Adult arrival	03/09/2021	Nestlings	1
Nest Occupied	Yes	Fledglings	0
Nest Active		First chick fledging
Egg laying		Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation		Nest failure
Clutch hatching	05/31/2021	Reason for nest failure

2022 Nest Activity Report by CarolC

Adult arrival	02/19/2022	Nestlings	1
Nest Occupied	Yes	Fledglings
Nest Active		First chick fledging
Egg laying		Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation		Nest failure
Clutch hatching		Reason for nest failure

Nest Activity Report by CarolC

Adult arrival	02/06/2023	Nestlings
Nest Occupied		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

02/23/2023 by CarolC

Mary Alice T happened to see an adult in the nest and sent a photo.

02/06/2023 by CarolC

Mary Ellen B reports: Two ospreys are seen flying around the nest. One video shows one osprey sitting on and then flying off the nest. I am attaching two still images I took from the videos. NOTE: THIS PAIR HAS BEEN NAMED CAL AND TINA.

05/24/2022 by CarolC

Mary Alice T reports: I was in SP today and the nest on Spartina ihas at least one chick and was feeding it - 2 photos attached...

05/11/2022 by CarolC

Mary Ellen B reports: One osprey sitting on the nest both 5/10 and 5/11 in the morning.

03/13/2022 by CarolC

Mary Ellen B reports: I saw one osprey perched near the nesting site this morning. Very exciting!

02/19/2022 by CarolC

Several reports that both osprey returned. One photo included.

02/13/2022 by CarolC

07/09/2021 by CarolC

Mary Ellen B reports: I’ve checked nest 8028 twice in July ( most recently on the 9th), and I did not see any birds on or around the nest on either visit. The nest looks intact and not to have sustained any damage in the storm Wednesday night. I will keep dropping by to see if the ospreys return.

06/18/2021 by CarolC

Mary Ellen B added a photo of the family from 6-18-21.

06/15/2021 by CarolC

Mary Ellen B reports: Excitement at nest 8028! At 8:30 this morning, I counted 3 osprey heads in the nest! One was definitely an adult. I believe the 2nd was probably an adult also, but the 3rd was a hatchling! NOTE: Because the nestling was large enough to be seen, we are guessing that the egg(s) hatched about May 31. (that is about 2+ weeks ago.)

05/25/2021 by CarolC

Mary Ellen B reports: One adult on the edge of the nest.

04/30/2021 by CarolC

Mary Ellen B reports: One osprey was sitting on a snag just out of the nest.

03/27/2021 by CarolC

Mary Ellen B reports: 3/27 9:45 am One osprey was perched on the snag to the side of the nest.

03/09/2021 by CarolC

Mary Ellen B reports: This is a newly found nest which was set up in the database on March 8, 2021. We do not know much about the nest yet, but by the time it was located, the pair was already back. We will record the pair as having returned on 3/9/21 although they probably returned in the past week.