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NJSEA's nests
| this nest was attempted last year by the pair that was evicted from nest 6721 042-B-004. The light pole top is slightly domed and the nest last year kept sliding off. | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | almost 4 years |
| Followers | 3 |
| 1015 Belleville Turnpike, Kearny NJ. Near Portal Bridge over Hackensack River. Environmental clean-up currently taking place at this location. Nest can't be seen from public road. Only authorized personnel are allowed on the property. | |
| Substrate | Utility Pole |
| Last activity | almost 7 years |
| Followers | 3 |
| A long standing osprey nest platform on the Hackensack. | |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | 8 months |
| Followers | 4 |
| Nest is on an abandoned tower on the Secaucus side of Portal Swing Bridge. | |
| Substrate | Utility Pole |
| Last activity | 5 months |
| Followers | 4 |
| There are two pair making starter nests on two different towers a few hundred feet apart. the nest further into the park seems to be more developed and may become a real nest. | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | over 3 years |
| Followers | 3 |
| Con Rail Bridge (Laurel Hill Bridge) | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | over 9 years |
| Followers | 3 |
| on a new platform placed there 2016. This is possibly the same pair that has unsuccessfully tried to nest around River Barge Park. The nest is about a half of mile from last year's nest in a dead tree on a Redtail Hawk's abandoned nest | |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | over 5 years |
| Followers | 4 |
| This nest is on the unused swing bridge itself. There is another nest located right behind it, as well. There is a new pair building a nest in the same place or nearby the nest from several years ago was. There are two other active nests in clo... | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | 11 months |
| Followers | 4 |
| In the middle of a dead tree The pair has moved the nest to a new location across the river on an abandoned Red tail Hawk nest. | |
| Substrate | Dead Tree |
| Last activity | over 5 years |
| Followers | 6 |
| Carlstadt. This nest is the first nest in Bergen County in decades. It produced at least two young in 2011. No young in 2013. Two Ospreys are on nest now 7/8/14, but so far up radio tower that it is hard to see. | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | 8 months |
| Followers | 6 |
| Lift Bridge Nest. This is a starter nest atop the light blue RR Lift Bridge across the Hackensack River. A colleague photographed two young in the nest about 10 days ago but i did not see them on two recent river trips. Both parents were always n... | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | 8 months |
| Followers | 5 |
| Valley Brook Avenue. This nest is off Valley Brook Avenue in the Berry's Creek Canal. One Osprey successfully fledged last summer (2013). Another Osprey is about to fledge any day. | |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | 1 day |
| Followers | 4 |
| On a pole behind the Swing Bridge, pair relocated from the lift bridge to this pole. | |
| Substrate | Utility Pole |
| Last activity | 7 months |
| Followers | 3 |
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