baygirl
Description
Bethany Marina private channel marker green #3 now has second pole placed by Droney Bulkhead Co, it is very close, not a channel marker, no safety signage. The new in summer 2025 nest box is solid deep box with no drainage, ospreys moved off BM 3 to this unpermitted overwater nest
1 Monitoring Group Affiliations
2026 Season Data
Nest Status
active
Clutch Status
incubating
Young Status
unknown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 6 | baygirl | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Appears to be a female on nest, with an obvious necklace. The platform lost all nest material over the winter, in addition a new platform was placed, without a permit much too close to this platform. To add to the future drama, another platform nearby, Channel Marker 9, fell during the icing, so this will be an interesting colony to watch. | ||||||
| March 10 | baygirl | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Single OSPR back on empty nest platform , no signs of nest material brought | ||||||
| March 10 | baygirl | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Single watching the pair at 663 across the creek | ||||||
| March 11 | baygirl | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Single on platform | ||||||
| March 14 | baygirl | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Second bird has joined the single this morning , no nest building seen just yet | ||||||
| March 16 | baygirl | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | No new nest material, south winds up to 33 mph gusts, storm approaching | ||||||
| March 18 | baygirl | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Pair consistently on nest but no nest building observed | ||||||
| March 19 | baygirl | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | A few sticks on empty platform | ||||||
| March 22 | baygirl | 1 | N | N | |||
| April 16 | baygirl | 2 | U | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Male does not use their original nest box very much, rarely now he uses it to guard, this is unfortunate for the Bethany Marina community who placed the original platform years ago. This should not have been allowed by Army Corp/DNREC. Indiscriminate placement of poorly designed nest platform with out the required permit does not benefit the species. Female is very high on the nest with no nest rails. Hopefully her eggs and chicks will survive on this nest box. | ||||||
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