Nickname
042-A-007
Coordinates
(40.7536, -74.0941)
Substrate
Utility Pole
Description
Nest is on an abandoned tower on the Secaucus side of Portal Swing Bridge.
Followers
None
Monitoring groups
What to look for
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2023 - jmac2022 - jmac2021 - jmac2020 - jmac2019 - jmac2018 - jmac2017 - jmac2016 - Shayna
aAdult Arrival4/20/224/18/214/4/204/1/184/1/17
aOccupiedYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo
aActive
bEgg Laying5/1/224/25/214/26/18
bIncubation Initiation5/1/204/28/184/20/17
cClutch Hatching6/6/205/26/17
dNestlings2
eFledglings2
eFirst Chick Fledging7/17/206/23/19
fChicks Last Observed7/19/20
xNest Failure7/5/236/20/216/18/187/1/17
xReason For Nest Failureunknown reasonnest destroyed during stormnest destroyed during stormotherunknown reasonunknown reason

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Show reports, diaries, and photos from:Current 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

Activity reports

2016 Nest Activity Report by Shayna
Adult arrivalNestlings
Nest OccupiedNoFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2017 Nest Activity Report by jmac
Adult arrival04/01/2017Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiation04/20/2017Nest failure07/01/2017
Clutch hatching05/26/2017Reason for nest failureunknown reason
2018 Nest Activity Report by jmac
Adult arrivalNestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg laying04/26/2018Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation04/28/2018Nest failure06/18/2018
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failureunknown reason
2019 Nest Activity Report by jmac
Adult arrival04/01/2018Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging06/23/2019
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failureother
2020 Nest Activity Report by jmac
Adult arrival04/04/2020Nestlings2
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings2
Nest Active First chick fledging07/17/2020
Egg layingChicks last observed07/19/2020
Incubation initiation05/01/2020Nest failure
Clutch hatching06/06/2020Reason for nest failure
2021 Nest Activity Report by jmac
Adult arrival04/18/2021Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg laying04/25/2021Chicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure06/20/2021
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failurenest destroyed during storm
2022 Nest Activity Report by jmac
Adult arrival04/20/2022Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg laying05/01/2022Chicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failurenest destroyed during storm
2023 Nest Activity Report by jmac
Adult arrivalNestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure07/05/2023
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failureunknown reason

Photos of this nest

Nesting Diaries

03/24/2024 by jmac
no birds observed yet

07/05/2023 by jmac
Osprey at nest, hard to see if any chicks

06/11/2023 by jmac
Osprey at the nest site. Hard to see what is happening at this nest

05/07/2023 by jmac
There was what appeared to be a female at the nest site but couldn't really see what is happening in the nest

04/16/2023 by jmac
Ospreys on stie, new sticks

07/24/2022 by jmac
no one at the nest today

07/17/2022 by jmac
There was a pair at the nest today, but that is the first time I saw birds there in quite a while. I don't get a good view of the nest from shore but may see it better by boat on the 20th.

06/19/2022 by jmac
no activity seen

05/29/2022 by jmac
no activity that could be seen, but the bulk of the nest is on the other side of the structure

05/18/2022 by jmac
Observed the nest by boat today. Despite the horrible condition of this nest, there is an incubating female on it.

05/15/2022 by jmac
nest looks scrappy but it's hard to see from the park. I will get a better look when we go out on the boat

04/24/2022 by jmac
the pair is back, working on the nest; copulating

04/03/2022 by jmac
no activity at this time

03/20/2022 by jmac
No activity yet

07/06/2021 by jmac
visited the nest by boat today and had a good view of the nest. Although a good part of the nest was hanging down, the back appears to be intact. There was a female on the structure and it was hard to see if the nest was occupied.

06/20/2021 by jmac
The nest has fallen apart, maybe by wind.

06/05/2021 by jmac
visited the nest by boat, osprey at the side of nest. couldn't see the young.

05/09/2021 by jmac
female incubating

04/18/2021 by jmac
Osprey on the nest today. Doesn't appear to be incubating yet

04/04/2021 by jmac
no sign of any birds at the nest yet but the nest appears to be worked on

07/19/2020 by jmac
one fledgling on the tower, the other not present

07/08/2020 by jmac
I was about to give up watching this nest when a pair of adults flew to it. I could see one chick stand up

06/10/2020 by jmac
I recieve a picture from NJSA of the nest from a boat on the Hackensack river. It appears that there are two chicks in the nest. These are the first chicks that I am sure of since I've been watching this nest.

06/08/2020 by jmac
feeding young

05/25/2020 by jmac
female continues to incubate

05/13/2020 by jmac
incubating female

04/05/2020 by jmac
An Osprey working on the nest

07/07/2019 by jmac
once again I couldn't see any Ospreys at the nest

06/30/2019 by jmac
Surprise! the nest is active and the female was shading chick/chicks and the male brought a fish to the nest. I hadn't seen any activity for the last couple of viewings, but I guess she was incubating low where I couldn't see her

06/15/2019 by jmac
no activity on this nest. I would say it failed

05/19/2019 by jmac
female incubating

04/29/2019 by jmac
female incubating

04/07/2019 by jmac
Ospreys working on the nest

03/31/2019 by jmac
One Osprey on the nest this morning

07/09/2018 by jmac
No activity

06/18/2018 by jmac
I watched this nest for a half an hour. No activity

05/20/2018 by jmac
Things are fine at this nest. While I observed the male came to the nest and the female got up and they copulated. Then she got back on her eggs

04/28/2018 by jmac
There is an incubating Osprey on this nest now. good news

04/12/2018 by jmac
no sign of activity yet

04/07/2018 by jmac
lots of Ospreys around, but after a half hour of observation, none went to this nest

03/24/2018 by jmac
no birds observed at the nest yet

08/24/2017 by jmac
this nest had an incubating female, and appeared to have chick/chicks when they should have hatched, but then they were gone at the end of June

07/01/2017 by jmac
Observed the nest for more than an hour and a half this morning. No sign of life in or around the nest.

05/26/2017 by jmac
when I first observed the nest today, there were no birds visible. After about 15 minutes, the female arrived with a fish and appeared to feed a chick/chicks. Then the male arrived and they copulated. The female got on the nest in a high position as if on young.

05/10/2017 by jmac
Hen incubating, male perched next to her

04/20/2017 by jmac
two birds on the nest today, one possibly incubating.

04/01/2017 by jmac
Visited the nest today from Laurel Hill Park with a scope. The pair were present and active, even copulating once

08/09/2016 by jmac
visited this nest today by boat with the BC Audubon people. No Ospreys present but a nice big nest. They said it is a new nest this year.

07/30/2016 by Shayna
Nest just spotted, wish I'd seen it earlier in the season. One Osprey present in the nest, appears to be a large nestling (if it hasn't left the nest yet it must be very close). An adult was seen flying around in the vicinity (two adults were simultaneously observed perched near the nest behind the abandoned swing bridge, so it was definitely a separate adult from that group).