HHI Osprey Watch
Description
This nest has been in the tree for several years, but was only reported to the project in April 2026. It is in a live pine tree by the 5th tee on Oyster Reef Golf Course in Hilton Head Plantation. While the nest cannot be seen from the street, it is visible via a nearby public area. The best public access is to use the public walkway located on High Bluff Road that takes you behind houses like #3 Sycamore Lane. Since it is on a golf course, unless you are playing the course, you can only access the nest from the golf course before 7AM or after 7PM.
2 Monitoring Group Affiliations
2026 Season Data
Nest Status
active
Clutch Status
incubating
Young Status
unknown
Clutch history milestones
unknown
unknown
unknown
Brood history milestones
unknown
unknown
unknown
0
Activity log
| Date | Watcher | Adults | Eggs | Young | Observations | Photo | Edit |
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| April 14 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | Y | N | incubation |
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| Note: | This is an initial summary of the newly reported nest on Oyster Reef Golf. We do not have data on the arrival of the pair, nor the start of incubation. However, it has been reported that based on weekend activity and noise level, incubation may be underway. Once a monitor is found for the nest, we will have better updates to share. The data posted that there are 2 adults and incubation is underway is based on our best guess with the information we have at this point. A neighbor of the nest believes it has fledged young the past 2 or maybe 3 years. Again, we have no data to confirm this. | ||||||
| April 15 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | Y | N | incubation |
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| Note: | An additional image of this newly reported nest has been added. The data is simply repeating the previous update. | ||||||
| April 26 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | U | N |
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| Note: | Joanne V. took another photo of this nest. While she could not tell if incubation was happening, it is possible based on the previous reports. | ||||||
| April 26 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | U | N | |||
| Note: | Mary K reports: I went to view this nest yesterday, but did not observe any activity in or near the nest. | ||||||
| April 27 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | U | N | |||
| Note: | Mary K reports: I went by the nest today with my husband. We did not see any osprey but did hear them. | ||||||
| April 28 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | U | N | |||
| Note: | Alan B reports: I went to have a look at this nest this morning. The tree with the nest is on a cart path and there were golfers out, so I couldn’t get many different angles to look from, so I’ll have to go back there either before 7 AM or after 7 PM. I did not see any adults or other activities at the nest during the time I was there. Note: While there was a report from a neighbor of hearing "babies in the nest", 3 different observers are in agreement that there are no young yet. We are only assuming incubation is underway and that the Mom is down so far she isn't visible. | ||||||
This nest has 3 reference photos. View Photos
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