HHI Osprey Watch
Description
Nest 7019 is located on the cell phone tower off Fish Haul Road. It can be viewed from Hickory Forest Drive and it is clearly visible when there are no leaves on the trees. Visibility from here will not be as good later as the trees come into full leaf. From outside of Hilton Head Plantation the nest is located near 5 Alice Perry and can be viewed from about 239 Fish Haul. Additional details: If you drive past the HF Parking area, (on your left) continue until you get to #47 Hickory Forest Drive. There is an area opposite that house that you can pull off as there is an undeveloped area. Behind #47 to the left you will see a cell phone tower and it is here that the osprey has started to build the nest. Update for 2026: The nest sits in a cell tower off of Fish Haul Road and is more easily observed from Palmetto Hall Cupp Course. The nest is observed basically from the # 4 green. However, it is not always possible to observe from the course
2 Monitoring Group Affiliations
2026 Season Data
Nest Status
occupied
Clutch Status
unknown
Young Status
unknown
Clutch history milestones
February 19, 2026
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Brood history milestones
unknown
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Activity log
| Date | Watcher | Adults | Eggs | Young | Observations | Photo | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 12 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | I did not see any Osprey | ||||||
| February 19 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Linda O reports: • Last week when I went around I did not see any Osprey Today, February 19th at about 4:12 pm, I observed 1 osprey in the nest, appearing to be looking around for its mate. Luckily, I was there at the perfect moment and the mate flew in, I believe it to be the male, but it is kind of far away and I could not discern male and female with my binoculars. They were definitely a pair by their interactions. I will bring my camera next time. | ||||||
This nest has 31 reference photos. View Photos
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