Nickname
UD-5
Coordinates
(38.7903, -75.1639)
Substrate
Osprey Nest Platform
Description
Platform near UD PEL lab and MEER institute
Followers
None
What to look for
Review All Observations
2023 - baygirl2022 - UD Marine Ops2021 - baygirl2021 - UD Marine Ops2019 - UD Marine Ops
aAdult Arrival4/8/223/28/21
aOccupiedYesYesYesYesNo
aActive
bEgg Laying4/18/21
bIncubation Initiation4/29/224/18/21
cClutch Hatching5/20/19
dNestlings2
eFledglings
eFirst Chick Fledging
fChicks Last Observed
xNest Failure
xReason For Nest Failure

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

Activity reports

2019 Nest Activity Report by UD Marine Ops
Adult arrivalNestlings
Nest OccupiedNoFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatching05/20/2019Reason for nest failure
2021 Nest Activity Report by UD Marine Ops
Adult arrival03/28/2021Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg laying04/18/2021Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation04/18/2021Nest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2021 Nest Activity Report by baygirl
Adult arrivalNestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2022 Nest Activity Report by UD Marine Ops
Adult arrival04/08/2022Nestlings2
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiation04/29/2022Nest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2023 Nest Activity Report by baygirl
Adult arrivalNestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure

Photos of this nest

Nesting Diaries

07/29/2022 by UD Marine Ops
I haven't been buy here for a while. No nest portions extend above the platform and I saw no activity. Not sure if the hatchlings fledged.

06/14/2022 by UD Marine Ops
This pair and nest is doing well. Two small heads were popping into view this morning.

05/06/2022 by UD Marine Ops
I don't observe this nest as much as the others. Today I observed one hunkered down, seeming tending to eggs, and the other bringing in more nesting material or perching on a tree across the canal. This nest failed last year. Glad to see a another go, though the nest is not very deep or well structured. I will check back after this weekend's storm.

07/27/2021 by UD Marine Ops
No activity the last few times I have been by.

06/25/2021 by UD Marine Ops
I haven't been by since 6/15. No evidence of any activity today or from last time I came by.

06/15/2021 by UD Marine Ops
I don't go by this nest often. The nest walls are a bit low so maybe one is there but I'm pretty sure it was vacant. One day last week I went by and it looked vacant as well.

06/07/2021 by baygirl
one in nest today, appeared to be incubating or brooding

05/04/2021 by UD Marine Ops
Still one hunkered down in incubation posture.

04/24/2021 by baygirl
entering nest for the 2021 CIB state of the Bays Inland bays active nest survey, location is slightly out of the watershed but is being monitored by volunteers

04/18/2021 by UD Marine Ops
Today there was an osprey in incubation posture for the several minutes I observed.

04/13/2021 by UD Marine Ops
I don't go by this nest much. A pair was seen a few weeks ago and again two weekends ago when I took a look.

06/11/2020 by UD Marine Ops
There was activity here at the beginning the season but I have not observed much since the COVID outbreak. On one occasion it looked like a pair had claimed the nest. In this area there was a lot of competition / territorial behavior for the prime nest spots.

07/24/2019 by UD Marine Ops
1130 - nest vacant.

06/28/2019 by UD Marine Ops
~0900 - nest vacant.

06/22/2019 by UD Marine Ops
Today at 1300 the nest was vacant. 5 minutes of observations. No sign of the hatchling.

06/10/2019 by UD Marine Ops
My first time over to this side of campus to see this platform. It is occupied. One young head was popping up during my 5 minutes observing. I will check periodically.