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Barzillai's Monitoring Groups
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Barzillai's nests
| This nest was reportedly on a piling at the mouth of Matawan Creek, at a point just west of the intersection of American Legion Drive and Broad Street in Keyport. No nest existed as of the end of June 2014, but the area could easily accommodate ad... | |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | about 1 month |
| Followers | 6 |
| Spring Hill/Bluebell Island Platform 2 | |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | almost 10 years |
| Followers | 5 |
| One of three nesting platforms at or near the edge of the Raritan Bay near International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) at Rose Lane in Union Beach. | |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | almost 6 years |
| Followers | 2 |
| One of three nesting platforms at or near the edge of the Raritan Bay near International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) at Rose Lane in Union Beach. | |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | almost 6 years |
| Followers | 2 |
| A nesting platform along the Raritan Bay between Flat Creek and East Creek in Union Beach. The area is mostly wetlands between Bayview Avenue and the bay. | |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | almost 9 years |
| Followers | 2 |
| Playground overhead lighting on the east side of the north end of Cedar Street along the bayshore in Keyport. The lights are a local alternative to a man-made platform that no longer exists. | |
| Substrate | Utility Pole |
| Last activity | almost 6 years |
| Followers | 5 |
| There is a tall channel marker on the Old Bridge side of the entrance to the Cheesequake Creek inlet, about 100 yards off the beach on a rocky jetty. It is one of a pair of channel markers, the other being on the Sayreville side of the inlet. No ... | |
| Substrate | Channel Marker |
| Last activity | over 4 years |
| Followers | 4 |
| This osprey nesting platform is at the northwest end of a round white building at the IFF facility. It is best viewed from the end of Bayview Avenue, across East Creek. It appears to be new in 2015. | |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | about 8 years |
| Followers | 3 |
| This roosting spot is at the top of a white oak tree overlooking Treasure Lake in the Cliffwood Beach section of Aberdeen, New Jersey. Osprey were often seen in this tree in 2015 but foliage obscured observation from the ground. In the summer of 2... | |
| Substrate | Live Tree |
| Last activity | almost 7 years |
| Followers | 5 |
| This nesting platform overlooks Keyport Harbor from Matawan Point in Cliffwood Beach. Take Cliffwood Avenue to South Concourse, make a right onto Beach Drive. Continue straight on unpaved surface into Aberdeen Twp mulch center until you reach a gr... | |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | about 7 years |
| Followers | 3 |
| Take Union Avenue to the end of Bayview Avenue and park on the right. Walk past the fire hydrant on the left end of Bayview and stand facing the creek. The low, man-made platform is in the near ground at 11 o'clock in the direction you were walkin... | |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | about 8 years |
| Followers | 3 |
| The nest is atop a standard telephone pole being used to mount four large white speakers evidently used for fire department or orher public alarm. It is inside the Union Beach Recycling Center lot and vieweable from Florence Avenue. | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | about 8 years |
| Followers | 2 |
| There is an osprey nest at the top of a very tall and wide girth utility pole along the east side of Rose Lane between Jersey Avenue and Route 36. The spot is adjacent to Natco Lake and just down the road from IFF and the Hudson Trail. | |
| Substrate | Utility Pole |
| Last activity | almost 9 years |
| Followers | 3 |
| The nest is located on the Monmouth County side of Whale Creek, just off Ocean Boulevard and across from the fishermen's parking lot at Cliffwood Beach in Aberdeen Township, New Jersey. Besides going to the shore and parking to go view the nest, t... | |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | about 7 years |
| Followers | 5 |
| The nest is at the top of a tall communications tower at Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L)'s Wilson Avenue sub-station. The tower is immediately behind the sub-station. The nest is best viewed from the lawn on the left side of the building. I p... | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | almost 9 years |
| Followers | 3 |
| A nesting platform was erected along Crooks Point Trail in Great Kills Gateway National Park in 1994, but the osprey, while visiting the park, didn't favor the nesting site. So Con Ed, responding to park rangers requests, built a nesting platform ... | |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | over 8 years |
| Followers | 2 |
| One of three nesting platforms at or near the edge of the Raritan Bay near International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) at Rose Lane in Union Beach. | |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | almost 9 years |
| Followers | 3 |
| The nest is situated high on a light pole in an athletic field off Bordentown Road. A stand of trees nearby. | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | about 8 years |
| Followers | 2 |
| The nest is at the top of a communications tower above the Union Beach police station. From Keyport, take First Street out of town to a fork in the road and veer to the right. That will be Stone Road. Follow it when it swings to the left. Cross th... | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | about 8 years |
| Followers | 3 |
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