Nest #940

Nickname

Gulf Avenue

Coordinates

(30.1797, -85.6809)

Substrate

very tall metal tower

Description

A very high metal tower The nest is very large and there are two ospreys in attendance. It is just north of the Forest Park Branch of the U.S. Post Office located at Gulf Avenue and 17th Street in Panama City, Florida

Followers

None

Monitoring groups

Florida Osprey Watchers

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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Activity reports

Adult arrival		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

Adult arrival	03/01/2015	Nestlings
Nest Occupied	Yes	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

03/24/2016 by MaryMartha

Nest is smaller, but observed an osprey gliding away and saw one still sitting on nest

11/15/2015 by MaryMartha

I watched this spring and summer of 2015 - one sat on the nest and the other would sit nearby. They seemed to be feeding their young. The nest is too high to see much

03/04/2015 by MaryMartha

A large osprey glided into a group of tall pines near the post office and landed on a dead limb. The limb broke |(2" diameter and 5' long) and the osprey firmly clutched it and heavily flapped up to its nest. I watched while one sat on the nest and one sat on the metal bar of the tower nearby.

10/17/2012 by MaryMartha

The nest is near the branch post office and was too high to see inside. I was only able to observe two adults at one time, but several times saw one perched on the metal frame nearby.

	2015 - MaryMartha	2012 - MaryMartha
aAdult Arrival	3/1/15
aOccupied	Yes	No
aActive
bEgg Laying
bIncubation Initiation
cClutch Hatching
dNestlings
eFledglings
eFirst Chick Fledging
fChicks Last Observed
xNest Failure
xReason For Nest Failure