Maps & Data
| ID | Nickname | Substrate | Coords | Last Watched | Status | City/County | State | Postal Code |
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Recently watched nests
Unwatched nests
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Activity log
| Date | Nest | Watcher | Adults | Eggs | Young | Observations | |
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| March 25 | 6560 | LNR | 2 | N | N | ||
| Note: | 3/15. There were 4 osprey circling the field, much chirping, landing on light posts, taking off. One osprey would land next to another and the other would fly off. Two of the osprey had fish and sky danced. One sky danced a second time. At one point two osprey sat briefly in the nest before resuming the 4 osprey interaction. After about 20 minutes nothing was resolved but I had to leave. Between then and 3/24 I only briefly passed the High School a few times and only managed to see one osprey at a time. 3/23 and 3/24 There were definitely two osprey at the nest. On 3/24 one of the osprey flew off presumably to fish while the other remained at the nest. About 15 minutes later the osprey that left returned and settled at the nest. | ||||||
| March 25 | 7532 | LNR | 2 | N | N | ||
| Note: | 3/14/24 First osprey arrived. On 3/16 there were 3-4 instances of osprey sky dancing over Monmouth U around noon-2PM but I was at a different part of campus from the soccer field and could not tell if there was interaction at the nest. At 2:30 PM when I checked the nest there were no osprey present. On 3/18 there were two osprey circling the soccer field around 8:15 AM. They both landed at the nest. At around 5:05 PM they were both at the nest. After about 5 minutes they both flew off. 3/25 one osprey was in the nest around 8:30, the other presumably off fishing. | ||||||
| March 25 | 6560 | LNR | Y | N | |||
| April 8 | 7532 | LNR | 0 | U | N | ||
| Note: | There was a peregrine falcon sitting in the nest this morning. No osprey in sight. When I went out around 11:00 AM both osprey were sitting in the nest. They were there when I returned about 10 minutes later. At around 3 PM one of the ospreys returned with a fish to the nest and a peregrine swooped off the NW light tower over to the nest, running the osprey off. The osprey went to the nearby radio tower and still had the fish. Maybe 20 minutes later the other osprey arrived and the peregrine went after it. For a few minutes there was a lot of action that included the peregrine and three ospreys, briefly. At the end of it, one of the ospreys was on the radio tower and the peregrine was in the nest. At 5 PM the peregrine was on the NW tower, no ospreys were in sight. This is not the first time peregrines have been here. There were a pair of peregrines around the soccer field and in the nest on March 11 and definitely one peregrine was seen for about 3 days before that. So far, osprey do not appear to be incubating. | ||||||
| April 20 | 7691 | LNR | 2 | N | N | ||
| Note: | Adult was sky dancing around 11 am. Eventually there were 5 osprey in the air circling the tower. Occasionally one would land and another would land/chase it off. After about 10 minutes one osprey landed high on the tower away from the nest while the others drifted away. Around 11:30 from several blocks away, I heard an osprey skydancing around the the radio tower. I am only guessing there are no eggs. | ||||||
| August 14 | 7532 | LNR | 2 | N | 1 | feeding, young standing | |
| Note: | At 8:15 both adults were on either side of the light fixture, the juvenile was in the nest eating. The juvenile was flapping to keep its balance. Then it did some flap, hops, and left the nest with an adult accompanying it. It flew a few loops around the area and returned to the nest. The flight lasted maybe 30 seconds to a minute. This is the first time I have seen it fly or be located other than around the nest, but it's possible that it flew at times when I was not observing it. Observation lasted about 15 minutes. | ||||||
| September 8 | 6560 | LNR | 0 | N | N | ||
| Note: | The last time I saw the fledge at Monmouth University was the afternoon of August 28. I was not on campus until September 6, but did not see the fledge either around 8:15 AM or 5 PM. | ||||||
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