KristenM
Description
Port Royal Plaza "Old Sam's Club" Parking Lot on 278 The monitors have named the pair Sammie and Sam.
2 Monitoring Group Affiliations
2025 Season Data
Nest Status
occupied
Clutch Status
unknown
Young Status
unknown
Clutch history milestones
March 3, 2025
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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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| January 31 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Sheila B reports: First nest check – No osprey activity. Nest is completely gone from last year and will need to be completely rebuilt. | ||||||
| February 4 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N |
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| Note: | Sheila B reports: No visual or sound evidence of osprey in the area. The nest light fixture mains empty with no evidence of nest building activity | ||||||
| February 14 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N |
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| Note: | Sheila B reprots: The nest light fixture still has no evidence of nest building. However, when I arrived there was an osprey standing on a neighboring light fixture eating a fish. The osprey was observed from 3:40 – 4:08 PM. I was able to see chest markings and there were only had a few dark feathers in the center of its chest so I concluded it was a male. He appeared to be healthy (good appetite, fluid movements and tidy plumage). He actively looked around the area while he was eating. Since he was not seen in the nesting light fixture, I am not sure if it is from this nest or one of the other osprey nests in this area. | ||||||
| February 24 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Sheila B reports: I have two new observations for nest #2515. It would appear our male has returned but still not conclusive since no female or nest building...yet! | ||||||
| March 3 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | N |
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| Note: | Sheila B reports: When I arrived at the nesting site an osprey was already standing on the fixture. With closer inspection using binoculars, there was a definite necklace indicating it was female. She stood quietly on the nesting platform looking around the area. About 3:40 she made a few soft chirps and another osprey (I believe a male – no visible chest markings) flew down to the platform, briefly touched down then took off. While the second osprey flew in and exited, the female was flapping her wings while remaining in a standing position. When the 2nd osprey flew off, it flew in a spiral pattering gaining height. There was 3rd osprey in the sky as well but there was no interaction between it and the other two osprey. When I left at 4:30, the female was still standing on the nest platform. No visible nesting material was seen. | ||||||
| March 4 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | N |
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| Note: | Sheila B reports: Nest # 2515: Drove by nest at 12:40 PM and there was an osprey on the next platform again. Took a quick look with binoculars and could easily see a necklace indicating it was a female. Came for another look at 3:15 and the female osprey had moved from the nesting platform to a snag located a short distance away. She continued looking around the area. There were at least 30 grackles in the snag and many neighboring trees. The female did not seem to be distracted by them. Nesting platform still does not have any obvious new nesting material. | ||||||
| March 4 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | N |
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| Note: | Joanne V reports: Today is the first time I’ve seen an osprey in the nest , although the monitor officially assigned to this nest saw an adult last week. (I am at the location 3x a week for unrelated activities, but always look at the nest when there). I presume it is the mother, but I only had my cellphone with me, so couldn’t get a closeup look. It does look like a “necklace marking on the chest.). She sat pretty quietly for the full hour I was nearby and remained in the nest even when a light rain began. The nest itself took a beating in the off season. It’s too high in the light structure to see how much nesting material is down below, but there is no visible material as it typically the case for this nest. I’m hopeful some rebuilding will take place. | ||||||
| March 6 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | N |
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| Note: | Sheila B reports: 2:50 PM female flew to nesting light to perch. Another osprey circled over nest light once then flew off toward tower behind old Sam’s building. It was flying in circles over the pond area behind Sam’s. Female on nest light took off a few minutes later but didn’t see the direction she went. 2:56 two ospreys were circling over pond area. At 3:00 a third osprey joined in the circling behavior but it was a short distance away from the pair that seemed to be flying together. The views of this behavior were intermittent due to trees. 3:04 all ospreys were gone from view. Returned at 4:10 to find female perched in the snag tree near the nesting light. No visible nesting material was seen. | ||||||
| March 8 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Sheila B reports: Female osprey was perched on light when I arrived. She was looking around the area. She gave a few soft chirps, waited about five minutes, made a few more soft chirps then flew off toward SW. 4:45 Female returned from SW, circled the parking lot area once then perched on a pine tree near Goodwill. The female was still there when I left. No signs of male yet and there is no visible nesting material in the light fixture yet. | ||||||
| March 13 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Sheila B reports: I checked the nest daily from Mar. 9-12 and no osprey were anywhere in the parking lot area. Today at 1:30 I saw female osprey sitting on nest light fixture looking around the area. No male seen and no nesting material was evident in the light. Jo V. reported seeing the female in the nest for over an hour this morning. | ||||||
| March 17 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | N |
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| Note: | Sheila B reports: –2: 30 PM osprey was seen perched in snag at the edge of the parking lot. Osprey was quiet and just looking around the area. Could not tell if male or female. No other osprey was evident in the vicinity. No visible nesting material was seen on the nesting platform. | ||||||
| March 18 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | N |
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| Note: | Sheila B reports: 12:40 PM an osprey was standing on the nest light and there was also a large stick with Spanish moss on the light. This was not there yesterday. Bird showed only a few dark feathers in the center of the chest which would indicate a male. Osprey flew off to a pine by Goodwill shortly after I arrived. It made no vocal sounds. 4:10-4:25 PM Two osprey were observed in a pine tree by Goodwill. Male at the top of the picture and female at the bottom. Male flew off shortly after I arrived and female was still in the tree when I left at 4:25. There was no new nesting material on the nest light fixture. | ||||||
| March 25 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | N |
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| Note: | Sheila B reports: 11:45 AM female was standing on nest. A good amount of nesting had been added. Female was actively looking around the area. She began chirping then changed her body direction and started chirping more loudly. Male flew in with a fish which female took and mantled. She continued chirping and then the male joined in and the chirping became louder and more urgent. Both birds were looking in the air and then another male flew low over the nest. It flew away and did not return. Female left the nest and went to a neighboring snag and started to eat her fish while the male remained in the nest. The male flew to a nearby pine tree where he had a direct view of the female. 12:08 PM female on snag eating her fish and there were many fish crows and grackles in the area, some in the same tree with the female. Male osprey came to the snag, touched down on the female’s back to initiate mating but the female’s footing did not seem to be good as she slipped slightly to the side, so male stopped the mating attempt. About 12:25 PM female returned to the nest with the remainder of her fish and continued eating. Male returned and first mating was completed then male flew off. Withing two minutes the male returned to the nest. Twice the male flew a short, very low lap around the nesting area then returned to the nest. When I left at 12:34, only the female was standing in the nest. Returned at 3:55-4:05 PM. Female was standing on neighboring snag and male was in the nest. The male made multiple low-level laps around the parking lot which has quite a few single trees with dead branches. He would fly in and snap off branches or pick up Spanish moss off the ground and take it back to the nest. The female did not participate in the stick collection but did call out periodically from her observation post. Male was still working on nesting when I left. | ||||||
| March 31 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | N |
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| Note: | Sheila B reports: 11:35 AM – Female (Sammie) was standing in the nest preening, occasionally vocalizing and looking around the area. It appears more nesting has been added since it is now rising above the platform lights. The male (Sam) is perched in one of the pine trees near Goodwill which is an easy spot for him to watch the nest. 11:44 Sammie flew to pine next to the one Sam is in. Sammie was repeatedly chirped while looking in the direction of Sam. 11:50 Sammie returned to the nest followed by Sam and mating encounter happened. Both osprey remained standing in the nest until Sam flew back to the pine at 11:56. When I left at 12:10, Sammie was still standing in the nest rearranging some of the nest materials and Sam was in the pine tree. | ||||||
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