HHI Osprey Watch
Description
This nest was built by eagles several years ago. For the past 3 years, the eagles had abandoned the nest. In March 2025, it was discovered that osprey have moved in. This nest is located in the Sea Pines Forest Preserve. To observe the nest, you walk up the Service Road across from Fisherman's Point off Fish Island Trail. Take a left at Bridle Trail and walk along the tree line. The nest is quite a distance between Bridle Trail and Boggy Gut, high up in a pine tree. The nest is very large.
2 Monitoring Group Affiliations
2026 Season Data
Nest Status
active
Clutch Status
incubating
Young Status
unknown
Clutch history milestones
March 27, 2026
unknown
March 27, 2026
Brood history milestones
unknown
unknown
unknown
0
Activity log
| Date | Watcher | Adults | Eggs | Young | Observations | Photo | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 8 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Jack C reports 2/8: Nest is in good condition. No osprey or eagle activity. | ||||||
| February 23 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Jack C reports; No activity | ||||||
| March 7 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Jack C reports: 11220 male osprey standing on side of eagles' nest, could not see inside | ||||||
| March 27 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Jack C reports: Two ospreys on nest, one recumbent one standing on side of nest | ||||||
| April 10 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | Y | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Jack C reports: Osprey recumbent on nest and one perched on side | ||||||
| April 29 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | Y | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Jack C reports: 11220 No osprey seen on nest but vocalizations coming from it and osprey in the air. NOTE: We recorded incubation as happening even though Mom was not visible. The sounds coming from the nest would indicate that she is hunkered down incubating. | ||||||
| May 15 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | Y | N | |||
| Note: | Jack C reports: 11220 I could see no osprey in the nest or nearby but this is a very large nest and far away. There were vocalizations nearby. I don't think we should count it out yet. NOTE: We are assuming incubation is continuing. This is a difficult nest to monitor. | ||||||
| May 30 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | Y | N | |||
| Note: | Jack C reports: 11220 No evidence of osprey activity at or around nest but I will continue to monitor. NOTE: While we suspect there may be a nestling(s) we cannot yet verify this. | ||||||
This nest has 2 reference photos. View Photos
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