Nesting Diaries
May 23rd - 3 eggs
June 10th - adults absent from nest for long periods of time
July 1st - decomposed remains
Two chicks hatched and remains of one egg. After period of extended cold and rain the first week in June, adults did not stay on nest and eventually stopped on nest only occasionally. Chick remains verified visually on July 3rd.
1 chick in nest, started flying July 23rd
To this day occasionally returns to nest
March 10 one bird on nest, joined by second bird a day later
April 14 starts incubating
May 7 three eggs in nest
Chick has not returned to the nest. Made its first flight from the nest to a nearby boat lift. One Parent was still putting sticks back in the nest. I wonder why?
Nestling is exercising wings and making little hops
chicks are being cared for, but have only seen one so far. There should be more, perhaps they will show themselves soon.
Eggs are still being incubated. Male keeps company often.
This nest showed two regular brown speckled Osprey eggs and one greenish/light colored egg. This different colored egg is the same size as the Osprey egg and is identical to the egg seen outside Nest # 3973 Cove One. Any idea what it is???
This is the first nest occupied this season. The nest had blown over in a storm and the pair was waiting impatiently for us to erect it again. They immediately started building and soon after incubation began. Male hangs out in nearby trees