HHI Osprey Watch
Description
This nest was discovered on 3/21/25 by a member of the HHI osprey-watch program team. She observed an osprey pair bringing in nesting materials. The nest is on a pine tree on the edge of Lake Joe in Sea Pines Forest Preserve (just behind the rest rooms and picnic area).
1 Monitoring Group Affiliations
2026 Season Data
Nest Status
active
Clutch Status
hatched
Young Status
brooding
Clutch history milestones
March 27, 2026
unknown
April 1, 2026
Brood history milestones
May 5, 2026
June 29, 2026
unknown
1
Activity log
| Date | Watcher | Adults | Eggs | Young | Observations | Photo | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | Y | |||
| February 8 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Jack C reports 2/8: Nest in good condition. No osprey activity | ||||||
| February 23 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Jack C reports: no activity | ||||||
| March 7 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Jack C reports: 11231 no activity | ||||||
| March 27 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Jack C reports: 11231 Osprey flew into the tree at the level of the nest but I could not see if there was one on nest; NOTE: Incubation may have started but we will wait for further evidence. | ||||||
| April 10 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | Y | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Jack C reports: Osprey flew into nest and dropped off fish and took off again. I could not see into the nest. NOTE: The behavior of dropping a fish into the nest suggests that one osprey was in the nest incubating. NOTE: Based on this and the previous observation it is assumed that incubation is underway. We will guess it began around April 1. This is a guess based on suspected incubation behavior. | ||||||
| April 29 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | Y | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Jack C reports: 11231 Osprey on nest. Another flew in to feed it then sat on nearby branch. | ||||||
| May 15 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | Y | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Jack C reports: 11231 Osprey on nest and male delivered a large fish and sat nearby. NOTE: Based on later data, the eggs may have hatched prior to 5/15. Additional Note; Based on fledgling by 6/29, hatching was probably earlier in May than we thought at first. Will list hatching around 5/10. | ||||||
| May 30 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | Y | Y | |||
| Note: | Jack C reports: 11231 Osprey on nest. At first I thought it was on the side of the nest but from a different angle it seemed pretty low in the nest so may be still incubating. NOTE: Based on later updates, we are adjusting incubation to have started about April 1 with hatching about 5/10. The June 14 observation of a larger juvenile means it would be at least 4+ weeks old. Again, these are our best estimates. | ||||||
| June 14 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Jack C reports: 11231 Adult osprey and full sized juvenile seen on nest. Another osprey soaring nearby. NOTE: Report of a full sized juvenile means it hatched at least 4 weeks ago. We will go ahead and list hatching for about May 15th. Again, it is just our best guess, but would be in line with incubation around April 1. Additional note: Since fledging seems to have occurred by 6/29, it is likely that hatching was a bit earlier than previously thought. Will use 5/10 as hatching date. | ||||||
| June 29 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Jack C reports: 11231 I saw no ospreys at nest. I suspect that the juvenile there on 6/16 has fledged. Will check again soon. NOTE: Based on fledging, hatching probably was earlier than we first thought....will mark it as 5/5 | ||||||
| July 9 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Jack C reports: 11231 No evidence of osprey activity at or around nest | ||||||
| July 18 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Jack C reports: 11231 No osprey activity on or near nest. | ||||||
This nest has 11 reference photos. View Photos
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