baygirl
Description
Platform located along pond edge at back of Bluecoast Restaurant parking lot, Bethany Beach
2026 Season Data
Nest Status
active
Clutch Status
hatched
Young Status
brooding
Clutch history milestones
unknown
unknown
unknown
Brood history milestones
unknown
July 27, 2026
unknown
1
Activity log
| Date | Watcher | Adults | Eggs | Young | Observations | Photo | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 21 | baygirl | 0 | N | N | |||
| March 25 | baygirl | 1 | N | N | |||
| April 1 | baygirl | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Both in nest this evening | ||||||
| April 15 | baygirl | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Both in nest, both flew out towards ocean | ||||||
| April 24 | baygirl | 2 | U | N | incubation | ||
| May 26 | baygirl | 1 | U | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Incubating | ||||||
| June 18 | baygirl | 2 | N | 1 | feeding, young laying down | ||
| Note: | Male on branch nearby. Female feeding one growing chick, may be a second chick, | ||||||
| July 5 | baygirl | 1 | N | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | 1 chick about 6 weeks , full crop, female shading | ||||||
| July 12 | baygirl | 2 | N | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Malein favored snag nest to the south , female in nest perch with single chick that is hot and calling for fish , chick appears about 7 weeks | ||||||
| July 15 | baygirl | 0 | N | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Chick Alone at nest | ||||||
| July 19 | baygirl | 0 | N | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Large chick, near fledge age, calling for fish Alone , 85 degrees, 4th canada wildfire smoke day but starting to clear | ||||||
| July 20 | baygirl | 1 | N | 1 | young laying down | ||
| Note: | Adult drying wings in tree to south, chick laying in nest calling, I’m concerned about this chick making it to fledge , lack of females and attentive males so close to fledge age | ||||||
| July 24 | baygirl | 1 | N | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Ad M on nest T perch, chick appears at fledge age standing on nest rim, I believe it has fledged, thrilled to see male with it. Interesting to see another Ad M on this males snag to the south, hopefully it’s the providing male for Nat Guard 1. | ||||||
| July 27 | baygirl | 0 | N | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Chick is full grown, standing tall and very quiet on nes5 after a hard rain storm | ||||||
| July 29 | baygirl | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Empty nest | ||||||
This nest has 2 reference photos. View Photos
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