Ben Wurst
Description
This nesting platform overlooks Keyport Harbor from Matawan Point in Cliffwood Beach. Take Cliffwood Avenue to South Concourse, make a right onto Beach Drive. Continue straight on unpaved surface into Aberdeen Twp mulch center until you reach a grassy meadow. The platform is straight ahead across the field. A stand of trees blocks your view of the harbor on your left. You can also get a view of the nesting platform from the end of Broadway in Keyport. Proceed through the light at Broadway and Amboy Avenue/West Front Street to a treed dead end. Park on the right at the end of the road. The nest is across the harbor, roughly in line with Broadway. Residential street, so be considerate.
1 Monitoring Group Affiliations
2026 Season Data
Nest Status
active
Clutch Status
hatched
Young Status
brooding
Clutch history milestones
unknown
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Brood history milestones
unknown
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Activity log
| Date | Watcher | Adults | Eggs | Young | Observations | Photo | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 13 | FanLAM | 2 | N | N | |||
| March 15 | FanLAM | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | 1 Went from lower platform to upper platform which was empty Second bird landed on upper platform Mating observed | ||||||
| May 18 | Randi V. | 1 | U | N | incubation | ||
| June 24 | Randi V. | 1 | N | U | |||
| Note: | One adult observed, possibly one nestling, hard to tell from this distance, but behavior seems to indicate nestling present. Also observed red winged Blackbird diving onto adult osprey. | ||||||
This nest has 43 reference photos. View Photos
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