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Updated Activity for Nest #3844 Inlet from James into Sandy Bay 9 monthsUpdated Activity for Nest #7 Cypress on Powhatan Creek 9 monthsUpdated Activity for Nest #8 Jamestown Beach 9 monthsUpdated Activity for Nest #3844 Inlet from James into Sandy Bay about 1 yearNew Diary Entry for Nest #3844 Inlet from James into Sandy Bay about 1 yearNew Diary Entry for Nest #7 Cypress on Powhatan Creek about 1 yearUpdated Activity for Nest #7 Cypress on Powhatan Creek about 1 yearNew Diary Entry for Nest #8 Jamestown Beach about 1 year
bruceg's Monitoring Groups
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bruceg's nests
| 50 yards off beach on a 3-pole platform 6 feet above water. | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | 8 days |
| Followers | 13 |
| This nest is in a cypress tree in the James River, in the First Colony neighborhood. The site is at 174 The Maine. Members of the Historic Rivers Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists have monitored this nest since about 2010. The tree has b... | |
| Substrate | Live Tree |
| Last activity | about 1 year |
| Followers | 5 |
| The SW (Inge's) side of the Route 5 bridge crossing the Chick | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | 25 days |
| Followers | 8 |
| Nest is located in Sandys Bay near Jamestown Island. You can see the nest from the turn out going to Jamestown Island. Nest blown away in 2018. | |
| Substrate | Dead Tree |
| Last activity | about 1 month |
| Followers | 4 |
| Looking from Jamestown Island bridge -- Right backside of Sandy Bay | |
| Substrate | Live Tree |
| Last activity | about 12 hours |
| Followers | 1 |
| Approaching Jamestown Side of James River on the ferry, the starboard side of the Up River Slip on shorter wooden pylon. | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | about 6 years |
| Followers | 3 |
| Behind the new roadway behind the new brewery | |
| Substrate | Live Tree |
| Last activity | about 2 years |
| Followers | 3 |
| THIS NEST IS BEING MONITORED BY ANOTHER MASTER NATURALIST IN 2013. SEE 2013 information below 2012 log. The nest is situated on a newly erected platform at Queens Lake Marina, in Queens Lake, York County, VA. Osprey returned to the area 2-24-... | |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | 3 months |
| Followers | 6 |
| On second piling from shore on right side as one looks out onto the river. | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | almost 3 years |
| Followers | 4 |
| Edge of Half Way Creek in Pine Tree | |
| Substrate | Live Tree |
| Last activity | about 5 years |
| Followers | 4 |
| Scotland Ferry terminal - piling behind VDOT Ferry Building | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | almost 3 years |
| Followers | 7 |
| Nest is on up river side of Scotland Wharf Slip #1 terminal of the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry. | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | almost 3 years |
| Followers | 4 |
| Channel Marker "2S" | |
| Substrate | Channel Marker |
| Last activity | about 6 years |
| Followers | 4 |
| Near NPS Marsh monitoring 015 | |
| Substrate | Dead Tree |
| Last activity | about 7 years |
| Followers | 2 |
| On a snag to the left of the brown Historic Jamestowne/Jamestown Settlement sign on the Colonial Parkway in the woods | |
| Substrate | Dead Tree |
| Last activity | almost 7 years |
| Followers | 5 |
| Only accessible by kayak or boat | |
| Substrate | Live Tree |
| Last activity | about 8 years |
| Followers | 4 |
| New nest created by pair in dead snag. It is very close to the road and very low to the ground. | |
| Substrate | Dead Tree |
| Last activity | about 4 years |
| Followers | 5 |
| Nesting pair returning to an existing nest. | |
| Substrate | Dead Tree |
| Last activity | about 7 years |
| Followers | 3 |
| Substrate | Osprey Nest Platform |
| Last activity | about 8 years |
| Followers | 5 |
| Lighted channel marker upstream of Jamestown Ferry | |
| Substrate | Channel Marker |
| Last activity | almost 3 years |
| Followers | 7 |
| This is in a relatively tall cypress (in a cluster of cypress trees) growing furthest from the shoreline. | |
| Substrate | Live Tree |
| Last activity | about 12 hours |
| Followers | 10 |
| This nest is immediately across from the pull-off on the Parkway in a Cypress tree | |
| Substrate | Live Tree |
| Last activity | about 2 months |
| Followers | 9 |
| duck blind on shoals near College Creek parking lot along Colonial National Parkway | |
| Substrate | Other (Specify) |
| Last activity | over 8 years |
| Followers | 4 |
| Jamestown Yacht Basin | |
| Substrate | Dead Tree |
| Last activity | about 7 years |
| Followers | 6 |
| Substrate | Live Tree |
| Last activity | about 6 years |
| Followers | 5 |
| Nest in dead pine. Established for several years. | |
| Substrate | Dead Tree |
| Last activity | over 5 years |
| Followers | 8 |
| Substrate | Channel Marker |
| Last activity | almost 4 years |
| Followers | 7 |
| Jamestown Eco Park. 20 feet up in dead tree, near Jamestown Virginia Eco Discovery Park | |
| Substrate | Dead Tree |
| Last activity | about 3 years |
| Followers | 5 |
| Cypress on Powhatan Creek | |
| Substrate | Live Tree |
| Last activity | about 12 hours |
| Followers | 12 |
| Swan Point - cypress tree | |
| Substrate | Live Tree |
| Last activity | over 8 years |
| Followers | 5 |
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