LincolnDarkASRI
Description
Located in the top of a tree on a peninsula of land that juts out into the Mill Gut salt pond from the east side.
1 Monitoring Group Affiliations
2025 Season Data
Nest Status
productive
Clutch Status
hatched
Young Status
fledged
Clutch history milestones
unknown
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Brood history milestones
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Activity log
| Date | Watcher | Adults | Eggs | Young | Observations | Photo | Edit |
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| April 23 | Dgb | 1 | N | N | |||
| April 25 | Dgb | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Female on nest, male on nearby limb, after 5 minutes female left nest to perch on another limb | ||||||
| May 1 | Dgb | 1 | N | N | |||
| May 2 | Jim O | 0 | N | N |
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| Note: | No adults were at the nest but there was a pair perched in another tree on the peninsula. They never approached the nest. | ||||||
| May 12 | Jim O | 2 | Y | N | |||
| Note: | Female in nest incubating. Male perched in the same tree. | ||||||
| May 19 | Jim O | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | One adult Osprey seen hovering above the tree with the nest, presumably the male. The female was not visible though I would guess she was there incubating deep in the nest since there was a very cold strong wind blowing off the bay. | ||||||
| May 25 | Dgb | 2 | U | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Head of bird observable over edge of nest. One other bird arrived during observation and perched nearby | ||||||
| May 26 | Jim O | 1 | U | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | F in nest incubating. M not present. | ||||||
| May 31 | Dgb | 1 | U | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Head visible. Nest largely obscured by foliage | ||||||
| June 2 | Jim O | 2 | U | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Pair present, one adult perched in tree, one in nest. One from nest briefly left then returned and settled to incubating. Two other adults flying in the general area. | ||||||
| June 9 | Jim O | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | No activity seen at nest. One adult eating a fish on a tree on the NW corner of the peninsula. No way to know if this adult was associated with this nest. | ||||||
| June 17 | Jim O | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | F sitting up in nest, not incubating. Very hard to see any activity in this nest because of a branch hiding most of the nest. M perched on a nearby branch. | ||||||
| June 23 | Jim O | 1 | N | 2 | young standing |
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| Note: | Female standing in the nest with wings out to provide shade. Two juv heads seen. | ||||||
| June 30 | Jim O | 2 | N | 2 | feeding, young standing |
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| Note: | 2 adults plus 2 juv. Feeding observed with scope but too distant for a clear photo. Female at nest providing shade. Male initially in nearby tree, eventually brought fish to the nest. Female feeding both juveniles. The appear younger than the one observed in the platform nest. | ||||||
| July 7 | Jim O | 1 | N | 2 | young standing |
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| Note: | Male plus 2 nestlings. Male was providing shade then flew to a lower branch, then returned in a few minutes. | ||||||
| July 14 | Jim O | 2 | N | 1 | feeding, young standing |
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| Note: | Pair initially present in tree but not in the nest. One nestling definite, inconclusive photos may indicate a second nestling. Adult lets and returned with fish stopped at nest but the took fish to a lower branch. After eating some it took the rest to the nest and fed nestling. | ||||||
| July 23 | Jim O | 2 | N | 1 | feeding, young standing |
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| Note: | Female adult was initially below nest, then moved to nest providing shade. 1 juvenile in nest. Male adult arrived in a nearby tree with a fish, ate the head, eventually brought remains to nest. Female fed juvenile. I believe the second nestling is gone. | ||||||
| July 28 | Jim O | 2 | N | 1 | young standing |
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| Note: | 1 adult below nest. 1 well feathered nestling, doing some wing flapping. 1 adult with fish perched in nearby tree then flew off with fish. I was unable to stay to see the adult return to the nest with the fish for feeding. | ||||||
| August 4 | Jim O | 1 | N | 1 | young standing |
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| Note: | 1 nestling with fully feathered wings. Lots of feather preening, but no flapping. 1 adult in nearby tree. Another Osprey flew near the platform with a fish but didn’t land. | ||||||
| August 11 | Jim O | 2 | N | 1 | young standing |
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| Note: | 2 adults perched in trees near nest, F remained below nest. M flew out of sight. 1 fully feathered juvenile standing in nest. Lots of preening but no flapping of wings. | ||||||
| August 18 | Jim O | 2 | N | 1 | young standing |
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| Note: | 1 young fully feathered initially lying down in nest; 2 adults nearby in trees. Female moved to nest and juv stood up. F calling. Still saw no exercising of wings during an hour of observation although this juvenile looks large enough to be flying. | ||||||
This nest has 10 reference photos. View Photos
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