Ben Wurst
Description
Osprey nest at Cape May Meadows, which is managed by The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey. Fixed camera stream to YouTube.
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2025 Season Data
Nest Status
active
Clutch Status
incubating
Young Status
unknown
Clutch history milestones
unknown
unknown
April 28, 2025
Brood history milestones
unknown
unknown
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0
Activity log
| Date | Watcher | Adults | Eggs | Young | Observations | Photo | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14 | baygirl | 1 | 3 | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Female known as Hera is alone at nest, incubating 3 eggs, her mate known as Zeus is MIA since possibly Sunday, 5-11 | ||||||
| May 14 | baygirl | 1 | Y | N | |||
| Note: | Female abandoned nest this evening at 6:24 | ||||||
| May 15 | baygirl | 2 | 3 | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Male finally returned and brought partial fish, immediately started brooding, left again at 10:49, hopefully will bring a fish, this could be a polygyny male, his behavior past 2 years is suspect, or he is just a poor provider | ||||||
| May 16 | baygirl | 2 | 2 | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Observing the nest cam though out the day, male is mostly absent, visited once yesterday, brought partial fish , incubated 17 min and left, male returned today around noon, brought partial fish, incubated for short period turn left to return again around 5 but no fish, he will incubate when at nest, possibly a polygyny male similar behavior last season, eggs are often unattended by female or left by female when she fishes forherself, she gets bunkers within minutes of leaving the nest | ||||||
| May 17 | baygirl | 2 | 3 | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Zeus is back, a bit more engaged, brought a fresh water sunny at 10:16, the question is are eggs viable? | ||||||
| May 18 | baygirl | 1 | 3 | N | |||
| Note: | Female did not incubate again overnight, incubation is very sporadic with eggs left Unattended often, male visits sporadically , not providing adequate fish so female is fishing and eggs are usually exposed, crow was on nest yesterday , red winged blackbirds attacked otherwise it would have gotten an egg again like last season, quite a saga at this nest | ||||||
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