Nesting Diaries
04/18/21 One in nest, one alongside. Nest appears intact from over winter.
04/08/2020 Two were at the nest, one in the nest, the oter perched alongside it.
6/18 One adult present, low in the nest.
5/30 An adult in the nest in the incubating posture.
05/06/19 Snow finally gave way so this is the first access to this nest. One bird flew from the nest heading north.
05/10/19 No activity at nest.
4/18/19 Still unable to reach nest due to deep snow. Lake Davis is still mostly frozen over.
6/29/17 One adult below nest on a limb. I cannot see into the nest, but it appears there is movement in the nest, so I suspect there is egg turning or chicks present.
7/11/17 One adult perched above nest, one adult in nest moving around.
7/19/17 Two adults at nest, one peeched outside, one in nest feeding, but cannot see how many chicks.
This nest was inaccessible due to deep snow until 5/2/17/ Since then the pair has been active and on about 5/215/17 egg laying may have started. Around 6/2/17 incubation may have started.
7/12/16 One adult outside nest, 1- 2 young in nest.
7/19/16 One adult below nest on side limb, 2 young in nest, feathered.
7/12/16 One adult perched above and one below nest. One or two young, hard to see, very windy, low in nest.
7/26/16 Two adults at nest, two young in nest. AS Turkey Vulture flew very close to the site, and one of the adults left the nest to give chase, without contact.
6/29/16 There may be one adult deep into the nest, but the angle of view makes it difficult to tell. No other adult seen in the area.
6/8/16 No activity observed at the site or in the area.
5//26/16 There was no activity observed at the nest site, or in the area.
5/13/16 One adult in the neat, one flying around the area.
4/20/16 One adult in nest,one alongside nest.
No activity was observed at this nest, but the nearby nest #1067 was being refurbished.
05/13/15 Cold, very windy. One bird perched beside nest, preening. I suspect one in the nest was deep in the well due to the wind. Smarter than I.
04/29/15 Pair observed at the nest.
04/17/15 One bird was perched above the nest on my second visit today. None were at the nest about an hour earlier.
06/27/14 One adult perched below nest, one i nest. One hour later both perched below nest.
07/15/14 98 F, no birds seen at nest.
07/3/14 One adult on nest, one arrive with fish. No young visible, but bad angle to see.
07/29/14 Two young on edge of nest flexing wings.
07/31/14 Empty nest.
06/12/14 One adult on the nest fussing as if feeding, or arranging eggs. A second perched below the nest on the same tree, per usual.
04/18/14 No activity.
04/28/14 One perched alongside nest.05/12/14 One fixing up nest.
05/14/14 One in nest in incubating posture.
8/29/13 Nest empty. End of season.
8/25/13 One adult feeding two young in the nest.
8/13/13 At 1215 hours one adult was perched on a liumb below the nest, one above the nest, and two young on the edge of the nest flexing their wings. Very near fledging.
8/06/13 Two young in nest feeding, one adult in nest, one adult perched below nest on same tree.
7/23/13 Two adults observed, one on the nest, one perehed below at 1100 hours. At 1300 hours one adult in nest shading two young.
07/17/13 One adult standing on nest edge, two nestlings observed in nest. Later, an adult arrived with a fish, with both adults perhed by the nest.
07/02/13 One adult in nest using wings to shade two young. Temp 101 degrees.
A friend sent me a photo of one nestling that is hanging caught up in nest twigs out side the nest. No idea of how it died or when.
07/02/13 One adult perched above the nest at top of tee, one adult in the nest possibly feeding young.
07/08/13 one adult on the edge of the nest, one adult perched on a limb below the nest. Very hard to see below the edge of the nest so observing any young deep in not possible.
06/26/13 1015 hours, one laying low in nest. 1130 hours, one still low in nest, another adult perched below nest.
06/10/13 One adult sitting high in the nest, no other nearby.
06/03/13 One adult incubating, one perched alongside nest on limb.
5/24/13 One adult observed low in the nest, no other birds in area.
04/03/13 No activity.
04/11/13 No activity
04/18/13 1200 hours, one in nest, one perched in same tree above nest, and another, third bird tried to dislodge the4 perched bird but failed, so flew off.
04/25/13 One in the nest, one perched by the nest.
05/02/13 One sitting high in the nest, one perched about 50 yards away in smaller tree.
08/03/12 One adult peerched above nest, one low in nest. 08/08/12 This pair apparently has moved from this new location back to the old nest #1067. From our studies in Idasho in the late 1970s, I suggest they are playing house and are not the same pair that produced 4 fledglings last year at #1067.
07/28/12 One adult was perched above the nest in the same tree, and it appeared that another was very low in the nest. I suspect this one was incubating.
07/18/12 Two adults were bringing nesting materials to the site. One with sticks, the other with mosses. Then, both stayed away for a long time. I returned later after observing #1068, but still none were in the area.
07/16/12 I have reported Nest 1067 as being abandoned, even though last year a pair produced four young from this site. On 07/11/12 I revisited the site to find the nest still abandoned, but a new nest about 100 yards away in a tree that the birds from 1067 would use as a perch tree. This tree now has a small nest, with two active adults in and around the nest. At one point they copulated on the nest. I have observed a pair copulating on nest 1067 on 04/19/12, and in incubating posture after that until abandoned for unknown reasons. Last year, the young didn't fledge until into September, so I am wondering if this may be the same pair double clutching this year, which they may have done last year also, accouinting for th late fledging date.