HHI Osprey Watch
Description
This nest is in a pine tree near a lagoon on private property near 61 S Port Royal Drive. This is the second year this pair nested, but there was no assigned monitor until 3/25, so no previous data is available.
1 Monitoring Group Affiliations
2025 Season Data
Nest Status
productive
Clutch Status
hatched
Young Status
fledged
Clutch history milestones
February 24, 2025
unknown
March 30, 2025
Brood history milestones
May 16, 2025
July 17, 2025
August 10, 2025
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Activity log
| Date | Watcher | Adults | Eggs | Young | Observations | Photo | Edit |
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| February 24 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Paul P reports he first saw the pair about 2/24/25, but at the time, he was not yet a monitor for osprey-watch. | ||||||
| March 14 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | N |
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| Note: | Paul P reports: I show a photo of what I think is PO in the tree next to the nesting tree. I did not see the other Osprey. | ||||||
| March 17 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | N |
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| Note: | Paul P reports: I show both MO and PO in the tree next to nesting tree. Did not witness either of them on the nest. 1 | ||||||
| March 19 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | N |
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| Note: | Paul P reports: I show what I think in PO in the tree next to nesting tree and MO is on the nest, you can just see top of her head in nest. One of them is chirping/crying making lots of noise | ||||||
| March 21 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Paul P reports: saw Osprey bringing small clutch of nest material to nest. Landed in nest with material. Did not witness other Osprey at this time. No photos. | ||||||
| March 23 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | N |
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| Note: | Paul P reports: saw both Osprey in tree next to nesting tree. Did not witness either bird on nest. | ||||||
| March 24 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | N |
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| Note: | Paul P reports: saw one of the Osprey on nest for short period of time. Hard to tell but from pictures it looks like both of them could have been in nest. Did not witness either of them flying into or out of nest. | ||||||
| March 25 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Paul P reports: One of the Osprey, assume PO was flying over the nest hovering and diving then would fly around and repeat this behavior. I have a video of this but will have to send via a drop service as it is too large to email. I could not tell if MO was on the nest as it we still fairly dark. | ||||||
| March 25 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | N |
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| Note: | Paul P reports: MO was on the nest and PO was seen bringing 2 different clutches of nest material to the nest. PO would be in nest for 45 seconds and then flew away and returned within 1 minute with another mass of nest material. It looked like pine needles and smaller material, no sticks. I witnessed PO bringing nest material twice and had to leave. MO was in the nest during this entire time. | ||||||
| March 27 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Paul P reports: 3/27/25 7:05am. PO flew over the nest doing what you relayed as a 'mating flyover', this went on for like 30 seconds. During this time MO was in the nest. After the flyover PO landed in the nest and from my angle looked like he landed on MO! Maybe another attempt at mating? From this time on I have only seen MO in the nest so this leads me to believe that she is on the eggs. NOTE: If mating was successful on this day, it would be 3 days later for first egg. Will tentatively note incubation initiation on 3/30/25 | ||||||
| April 9 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | U | N | |||
| Note: | Paul P reports: 4/9/25 7:25am Saw PO on the tree next to the nest tree. After watching for about 5 minutes I saw MO moving in the nest. I could see her moving around for about 15 seconds and then she dropped down into the nest and was not visible for the next 10 minutes. | ||||||
| May 8 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | U | N | |||
| Note: | Paul P reports: Saw PO leave the tree next to the nesting tree with a fish in his talons and he flew around the nest and then landed in the nest bringing the fish to MO. He was in the nest for at most 2 minutes then flew away. | ||||||
| May 10 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | U | N | |||
| Note: | Paul P reports: PO was sitting in the tree next to the nesting tree when a great blue heron flew under the nesting tree. PO took off and chased the heron across the street and to the end of my lot and further. He must be protecting something?! I have not heard a hatchling but MO is still on the nest continuously, she has not left the nest. | ||||||
| May 16 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | 2 | |||
| Note: | Paul P reports: On Friday, May16 I saw PO in the tree next to nesting tree and MO was standing on the rim of the nest. PO took off from tree and flew around and ultimately landed on the nest rim next to MO. PO was there for maybe 60-90 seconds and then flew away carrying what looked like the remains of a fish. PO ultimately landed back in his tree and proceeded to eat. The interesting thing is when PO landon the nest I thought I heard maybe 2 small birds chirping from the nest. Makes me think that the eggs have hatched and the baby's are alive and active. After a couple of minutes MO flew away from the nest! This was the first time I have seen MO off the nest. | ||||||
| May 18 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | 2 | |||
| Note: | Paul P reports :On Sunday, May 18 MO was standing on the rim of the nest again and I heard the chicks chirping again. I haven't seen any chicks popping their heads up to where I can see them. | ||||||
| June 6 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | 1 | |||
| Note: | Paul P reports: On Friday, June 6 I witnessed MO on the nest and saw at least one chick move about. There may have been two chicks but I can only say for sure that I saw one chick. | ||||||
| June 9 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | 1 | |||
| Note: | Paul P reports: Today, June 9 my neighbor cut down the dead tree next to the nesting tree. This is the tree that PO spends all his time in while in the area. MO and PO were flying around the nest while the tree company cut down the dead tree. From what I saw the tree company did not interfere with the nest and I believe MO and PO are still in and around the nest. I will determine if they are still around and send in another update in a few days. | ||||||
| July 16 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | 1 | young standing |
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| Note: | This photo clearly shows a chick in the nest. | ||||||
| July 16 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | 1 |
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| Note: | Paul P reports: I have been trying to get a photo of the chick. I believe this photo shows the chick still in the nest. It appears to be working its wings while sitting in the nest. I have not seen the chick fly away from the nest, if the photo is of the chick. I have seen MO and PO leave the nest and fly around but have not seen this one leave the nest. NOTE (from Joanne V, group coordinator): The nest monitor, Paul P, initially believed there may have been 2 chicks in the nest. His current thinking is there was only one. He will continue to observe to obtain further confirmation . | ||||||
| July 26 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | 1 |
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| Note: | Paul P reports: have seen the chick out of the nest and in a different tree in the last 3 days. It is flying but appears to come back to the nest tree and maybe the nest. The first photo shows the chick far away from the nest and the last 2 show it in the nest tree but away from the nest. From what I can deduce the chick is flying and moving away from the nest. I have seen MO and PO in the vicinity of the chick as it is away from the nest. They don't appear to be very far from the chick whenever it goes out from the nest | ||||||
| August 5 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | Y | |||
| Note: | Paul P. reports: I saw the Osprey in the area and watched one of them bring a fish back to the nest, it was followed by, I assume, the fledgling. They are not on the nest very much as this was the first time I had seen them at the nest in the last couple of days. | ||||||
| August 20 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Paul P reports: I have not seen the ospreys anywhere near the nest in the last 8 days. I kept waiting to see if they returned, but they are gone. We can say that the nest was empty by August 10. | ||||||
This nest has 9 reference photos. View Photos
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