HHI Osprey Watch
Description
A large nest clearly visible at the far end of the USCB Hilton Head Parking area. There is a lagoon behind the parking lot which is clearly seen. The nest is in a live pine in the island in the parking lot between the lagoon and Office Park Road.
2 Monitoring Group Affiliations
2026 Season Data
Nest Status
active
Clutch Status
incubating
Young Status
unknown
Clutch history milestones
March 3, 2026
unknown
April 4, 2026
Brood history milestones
unknown
unknown
unknown
0
Activity log
| Date | Watcher | Adults | Eggs | Young | Observations | Photo | Edit |
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| January 7 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Mollie K reports that the nest is still there. | ||||||
| February 15 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Mollie K reports: observed several times the first two weeks in Feb with no osprey seen. | ||||||
| March 3 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | N |
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| Note: | Mollie K reports: 3/2/26 Male (Branch) flew into next and hung out for a few moments. The female (Mossy) was spotted in the nest but could only really see her feathers being blown in the wind. Repositioned around the nest and spotted Mossy low in the nest. It looked almost as if she was in an incubation position. This would be very early for my two. I checked the first 2 weeks of February and saw nothing- but I guess they came back a little early and got to work. I will keep you posted. NOTE: We will watch to confirm incubation. | ||||||
| March 4 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | N |
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| Note: | Mollie K reports: Nest 9270 (USCB): 3/4/26: Female sitting on nest but upright and not in incubation position. (Picture attached). | ||||||
| March 18 | HHI Osprey Watch | 2 | N | N |
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| Note: | Mollie K reports: 3/18/26: Both ospreys flew into the nest while I was there. A lot of flapping happened for a few minutes and then one flew off. The other stayed in the nest moving around for a bit and then was just sitting near the edge. (Picture attached.) | ||||||
| March 30 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Mollie reports: 3/30/26: Mossy is hanging out in the nest. Could possibly be in incubation, but unsure. Seemed fairly low and just stretched her head looking around. NOTE: We will wait for the nest update before marking incubation, although it may be underway. | ||||||
| April 8 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Mollie reports: 4/8/26: No activity. NOTE: Based on possible incubation in the March 30 report this no activity might be because Mom is deep in the nest. | ||||||
| May 4 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | Y | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Mollie reports: 5/4/26: looked like no activity, but then looked from another angle and could see what looked like some tail feather - but only for a few moments. Definitely looks like they are incubating some eggs! NOTE: Based on the previous observations, we will list incubation as starting about April 4th, but that is a guess! | ||||||
| May 19 | HHI Osprey Watch | 1 | Y | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Mollie K reports: 9270: 5/19/26: incubation is happening. Osprey is sitting nice and low and only seeing a tail feather every once in a while. | ||||||
| May 26 | HHI Osprey Watch | 0 | Y | N | |||
| Note: | Mollie K reports: 5/26/26: No activity. Sounds like there could be little chirps from nests, but its faint and hard to hear. NOTE: The nest chirps could indicate hatching, but we will wait for the next update to confirm. | ||||||
This nest has 12 reference photos. View Photos
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