baygirl
Description
Lions Club bayfront, next to North Beach Bar, DB Lions Club placed NJ design platform Feb. 2019 with webcam installed Mar 2020, inop for a few years and replaced 2025
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2025 Season Data
This nest was marked as lost on July 3, 2025. All chicks died due to lack of fish and parents absence
Nest Status
lost
Clutch Status
hatched
Young Status
fledged
Clutch history milestones
March 17, 2025
April 5, 2025
April 5, 2025
Brood history milestones
May 14, 2025
unknown
unknown
2
Activity log
| Date | Watcher | Adults | Eggs | Young | Observations | Photo | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 11 | baygirl | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | new nest cam operational around 3:15 pm, female with large necklace landed on nest directly after cam went live, female moved some sticks, | ||||||
| March 17 | baygirl | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | An adult male joined female this morning, so far they appear harmonious | ||||||
| March 18 | baygirl | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | 2 on nest, male is continuing to mantle at nest edge, female has brought nest material and is tending nest, have not seen male bring sticks or fish | ||||||
| March 18 | baygirl | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Touch and go- male landed briefly on females back and she accepted, confirming pair is bonded | ||||||
| March 23 | baygirl | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Female perched on the last post at next door dock, south of nest, she loves that perch, the pair is slowly fluffing their nest | ||||||
| March 26 | baygirl | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Ospreys at nest, have built up the nest bowl with soft grasses and both are testing it out | ||||||
| April 5 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | N | |||
| Note: | Female laid egg starting at 7:13 to 7:16 pm, began incubation immediately | ||||||
| April 8 | baygirl | 1 | 2 | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Second egg laying began about 2:08, continued for about 15 minutes, hard to determine exact time due to high winds but females behavior was obviously Egg laying | ||||||
| April 11 | baygirl | 2 | 3 | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | male brought large piece of fish this morning, then at 1:02 to 1:07 pm female laid her 3rd beautiful colorful egg, male is very attentive and likes to incubate | ||||||
| May 9 | baygirl | 2 | 3 | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | this senior pair is doing great, male likes to brood, hatch date should be around May 13th | ||||||
| May 14 | baygirl | 2 | 2 | 1 | young laying down | ||
| Note: | First egg hatched, 2:15 pm | ||||||
| May 16 | baygirl | 1 | 2 | 2 | incubation, young laying down | ||
| Note: | Second nestling is pipping and almost out just before cam turned to sunset, sunset view is too long, mush is missed at the nest | ||||||
| May 31 | baygirl | 2 | 1 | 2 | feeding, young laying down | ||
| Note: | Only the oldest chick is the only 1 feeding, it is bullying the younger nestling, not sure #2 can make it if the weather continues to be so rough, the egg has not cracked and is taking up nest bowl space | ||||||
| June 1 | baygirl | 2 | N | 2 | feeding, young laying down | ||
| Note: | Youngest nestling is dying now, has not been fed today, very little yesterday, will be just 1 chick now | ||||||
| June 26 | baygirl | 1 | N | 1 | young standing | ||
| June 29 | baygirl | 1 | N | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Fish delivery has been sparse, female fishing for the chick | ||||||
| June 30 | baygirl | 0 | N | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Chick has no adults, no feeding in just under 24 hrs now, chick was eating a stick | ||||||
| July 3 | baygirl | 0 | N | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Remaining chick passed at 5:40 this morning , very little fish brought to the nest since 5-26, that day was a good day with 5 fish delivered by the parents, after that the male was absent until 1 visit with a fish on 7-1; female also away most of the time, no fish on 6-30, slowly this bird starved, no food since 7-1, ospreys are in peril around our inland bays and we need to find the cause m menhaden overfishing added to weather challenges, all man made factors | ||||||
| July 3 | baygirl | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Adult female arrives on nest with dead chick, she doesn’t seem to notice it, she stays 11 minutes, looks busy calling to other birds, then flies off, dead chick still on nest. Lions club had complaints so they intend to keep the cam on sunset view now but we got a brief glimpse this afternoon | ||||||
| July 17 | baygirl | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Male brought fish to neighbors favored dock perch, then female flew in with a fish and she took it to north beach bars dock, | ||||||
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