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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2026 Season Data
Nest Status
active
Clutch Status
incubating
Young Status
fledged
Clutch history milestones
unknown
unknown
April 8, 2026
Brood history milestones
unknown
July 13, 2026
unknown
1
Activity log
| Date | Watcher | Adults | Eggs | Young | Observations | Photo | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 20 | baygirl | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Both in nest | ||||||
| March 20 | baygirl | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Both fixing nest material | ||||||
| March 22 | baygirl | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | 1 on nest perch 1 in nest | ||||||
| March 22 | baygirl | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Female on the camera arm , no male seen | ||||||
| March 25 | baygirl | 1 | N | N | |||
| April 8 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Egg laid sometime this morning | ||||||
| April 10 | baygirl | 2 | 2 | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Second egg this morning | ||||||
| April 13 | baygirl | 2 | 3 | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | 3rd egg laid around 8:43 amThis male loves to incubate , beautiful senior couple | ||||||
| May 18 | baygirl | 2 | 2 | 1 | incubation, feeding, young laying down | ||
| Note: | One egg hatched sometime overnight? , plenty of fish brought | ||||||
| May 21 | baygirl | 2 | 2 | 1 | incubation, feeding, young laying down | ||
| Note: | Very windy , female almost blown off nest rim while trying to eat and feed | ||||||
| May 26 | baygirl | 1 | 2 | 1 | incubation, young laying down | ||
| Note: | No fish delivery, 2 eggs unlikely to hatch , female took 2 short breaks off nest , she is calling for and needs fish delivery. This dense fog with drizzle rain is challenging males, intruder flew to off cam perch at 10. Female defending. Caused nestling to flip on back for seconds, agile little one righted itself! Limitations of only observing a nest cam, so much is missed and only guessed | ||||||
| May 26 | baygirl | 2 | 2 | 1 | incubation, feeding, young laying down | ||
| Note: | Male finally brought a smaller fish, no idea but perhaps a smaller bluefish? | ||||||
| May 27 | baygirl | 2 | 2 | 1 | incubation, feeding, young laying down | ||
| Note: | Female appears to be fishing and has brought in another puffer fish today, finally the male brought a fish, he seems absent most of the time, female is leaving the nestling alone often, hopefully she’s just off cam range , 2 eggs are not viable, a good thing | ||||||
| May 29 | baygirl | 2 | 2 | 1 | feeding, young laying down | ||
| Note: | Male brought fish at 7:41, single nestling looks good , 2 eggs not viable | ||||||
| June 6 | baygirl | 1 | 2 | 1 | feeding, young laying down | ||
| Note: | Female leaves nest but may be to get wet to cool self and single growing chick | ||||||
| June 14 | baygirl | 2 | 2 | 1 | feeding, young laying down | ||
| Note: | Single chick is well cared for, female dragged black plastic around nest bowl this evening , amazingly the 2 eggs are still intact. | ||||||
| June 15 | baygirl | 2 | 2 | 1 | feeding, young laying down | ||
| Note: | Male brought whole fish just after 1 pm, female and chick fed on it and after 2 pm male came back and tried to take portion of fish, female did not allow, so she and chick ate well from that 1 whole fish | ||||||
| June 19 | baygirl | 1 | 2 | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Chick was fed today , female may be doing some of the fishing | ||||||
| June 21 | Blueapple | 1 | 1 | 1 | feeding, young laying down | ||
| Note: | The male has not been seen since 6/19/26, with the female now the only one fishing and bringing back small minnows for chick. | ||||||
| June 22 | Blueapple | 2 | 3 | 1 | feeding, young laying down | ||
| Note: | I'm not sure about what to put down for eggs every time I come once the chicks have hatched. To be consistent, I'll put how many were laid and how many chicks hatched and then explain myself. One chick hatched and is on nest. The male returned today, 6/22/26 at 10.07.06 AM, with headless fish, so there were 2 adults on nest today. Chick and mom haven't eaten since yesterday. From the morning until now, at 4:51PM, no other fish have been brought that I have seen. | ||||||
| June 22 | baygirl | 1 | 2 | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | Good feeding after 5 pm | ||||||
| June 23 | baygirl | 1 | Y | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | Chick getting fed enough…. I hope. | ||||||
| June 23 | Blueapple | 2 | 2 | 1 | feeding, young laying down | ||
| Note: | There were seven fish brought in up until 5:46PM. Female brought in four young menhaden. Male brought in two headless menhaden. Many intruders around nest. I put down that 2 eggs, I mean two eggs are left in nest. Three total eggs were laid. | ||||||
| June 24 | baygirl | 2 | 1 | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | Good feedings thus far today, I now only see 1 egg, the other may be covered or broke. There is a pair just 2 blocks south that were initially attempting to nest on a crane but that didn’t work out well, they are interloping now. I proposed a platform for the “ crane” nesters but the contractor thought it was cool to leave the crane in the parking lot. No platform discussed any further. | ||||||
| June 26 | baygirl | 2 | N | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | Chick is fed enough for full crop | ||||||
| June 29 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | Appears the female provided a whole bunker at 7:13 am, fed chick, chick is self feeding a bit now | ||||||
| July 2 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | Appears the female is providing as she consistently brings in whole fish, have not seen the male today, chick looks good | ||||||
| July 3 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | Adult female appears to be the provider, 2 fish this morning by 10:30 | ||||||
| July 4 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | Fish delivery by female at 7:58 and 9:27, have not seen male via cam, day 3 of extreme heat 97, E wind 4-7 mph , tristate bird is receiving calls for weather affects and effects on birds | ||||||
| July 4 | baygirl | 1 | N | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | Feeding at 7:30 Hope these 2 can manage thru and after the fireworks | ||||||
| July 5 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | At least 5 fish deliveries by 1 pm, one delivery was double menhaden so I think they are running, , have not seen the male, if anyone watching please note if the male has been seen, do not want a repeat from last year | ||||||
| July 5 | Blueapple | 2 | 1 | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | Female brought in 6 peanut bunkers by 1:10PM and 7 more by 6:13PM today. Saw the male today bringing in two peanut bunkers at once at 7:25PM. but didn't see him on July 4th, and only twice on July 3rd. The egg is old and non-viable. | ||||||
| July 6 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | Incredibly this female is providing all the fish and bringing them in right after another, twice this morning she brought 2 fish at a time, appear to be bunker. Where’s the male? | ||||||
| July 7 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | At least 2 fish brought in by female this morning, one a bunker , where’s the male is the million dollar question at many nests this season , thanks to other monitors! | ||||||
| July 7 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | Checked cam numerous times , did not see the male or any fish he might have provided, the female is doing a good job of fishing for herself and her almost fledge age chick , missing males, where are they when females are easily providing | ||||||
| July 7 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | Obviously the egg remaining in nest not viable, this is day 50 | ||||||
| July 8 | baygirl | 2 | 1 | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | Female provided early morning fish, chick exercising flight muscles. Male finally arrived at 9:25 with partial fish that female fed chick. | ||||||
| July 8 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Lots of wingercising today, looks to be a male chick | ||||||
| July 12 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Female feeding , chick is 55 days old today, avg fledge age at my numerous monitored nests the past 14 yrs is 58 days , average, so let’s see how this one does and most importantly how it’s tended to post fledge. | ||||||
| July 13 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Fledged at 9:56 unless it fledged yesterday | ||||||
| July 13 | baygirl | 1 | Y | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Stopped to check in the fledgling, it’s putting on quite a show at the roofs just south of the platform, practicing landings on the tall roofs. Asult is perched out on the favored last piling ar residents dock, wonderful to see a fledgling practicing | ||||||
| July 13 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | N | |||
| Note: | 10 pm, Fledgling has not returned to the nest tonight, last I saw she/he ( 6 pm) was on the second roof south of nest platform | ||||||
| July 14 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Fledgling back in nest at 5:59 am, female promptly left , fledgling slept, female back at 8:16 with whole fish to feed. Hope the male is still in the area | ||||||
| July 15 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | Female brought whole fish at 6:12 pm fed fledgling. I have not seen the male on cam or at the nest territory. But I’ve been extremely busy checking many nests. The male will be critical very soon, if anyone who actually monitors in person sees the male please note on this site. Thx | ||||||
| July 16 | baygirl | 1 | 1 | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | I have not seen the male, but the female is bringing in fish regularly | ||||||
| July 18 | baygirl | 0 | 1 | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | First morning the adult female not seen at nest, no fish drops by noon. This is when the rubber hits the road, if anyone who checks this site sees the male please note it. Now is critical time for this healthy fledgling and they need the male. | ||||||
| July 18 | baygirl | 0 | 1 | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Fledgling weathered the storm alone on nest, no adults seen at nest today, hopefully one or both return as this fledgling will need feeding for at least 2 weeks. | ||||||
| July 19 | baygirl | 0 | 1 | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | No adults seen this morning, fledge not fed yesterday during storm, no adults yesterday, this bird might need to beg at nearby nests tho there are very few active , Pine Bay 1 has a chick ready to fledge as does Parish | ||||||
| July 19 | baygirl | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Do not see the fledgling in the area, possible it is perched at the water tower nest but too far to confirm, Parsih nest has just 1 fledge today so the Dewey fledge is not there , will check Pine bay 1 | ||||||
| July 20 | baygirl | 0 | 1 | N | |||
| Note: | Fledgling has departed the nest, not seen past day, crows pecking at egg around noon. No extra fledglings reported at known local nests. | ||||||
| July 22 | baygirl | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Search of local active nest, territory and Bay Area does not show this fledgling present, hopefully its surviving at a nest somewhere. Ending data for 2026 | ||||||
| July 24 | baygirl | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Possibly a floater or interloping male from the police dept crane or water tower territories on nest yesterday afternoon and briefly this morning around 11 am, this male is on extreme alert and not comfortable at the nest, I do not believe it’s the natal male. | ||||||
| July 25 | baygirl | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | I checked the piling at the dock next to this platform where the adult male has always perched and ate his fish, often the female perched here too and their young, and I noticed there are spikes on top of the piling to keep birds off. This may have deterred the adult male from remaining near his nest this season. | ||||||
| July 29 | baygirl | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | The adult male that has landed on the nest the past few days may not be the male for this nest. The males behavior is that of an interloper, long neck, extra alert, nervous. This is not normal behavior of a male bonded with its territory and nest. There are a number of other males near this location. | ||||||
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