Within the past week our resident pair has increased their nest building efforts and brought in reeds, Spanish moss, sticks and twigs. The nest is slowly expanding towards the center of the platform so they’re not as close to the edge of the platform. Below is a log of notes we’ve been keeping on the pair.
| Date | Event name or description | Time | Weather Temp F° | Weather Condition |
| 19-Jan-11 | First osprey appeared on nest - male | 1615 |
| Sunny |
| 15-Feb-11 | Female first seen on nest | 702 |
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| 15-Feb-11 | Mating | 702 | 58 | Sunny |
| 28-Feb-11 | Mating | 1207 | 73 | Sunny |
| 28-Feb-11 | Mating | 1233 | 74 | Sunny |
| 28-Feb-11 | Mating | 1241 | 74 | Sunny |
| 01-Mar-11 | Mating | 651 | 61 | Sunny |
| 01-Mar-11 | Mating | 750 | 61 | Sunny |
| 01-Mar-11 | Mating | 1030 | 63 | Partly Sunny |
| 01-Mar-11 | 2nd fish brought to female | 1054 | 63 | Cloudy |
| 02-Mar-11 | Female eating fish | 1119 | 57 | Sunny |
| 02-Mar-11 | Both osprey on nest for extended period | 1245 | 61 | Sunny |
| 02-Mar-11 | Male brought fish to female | 1519 | 63 | Sunny |
| 08-Mar-11 | Male brought large fish to female | 658 | 50 | Sunny |
| 08-Mar-11 | Male brought fish to female | 1044 | 59 | Sunny |
| 08-Mar-11 | Mated | 1143 | 62 | Sunny |
| 08-Mar-11 | both osprey suddenly flew off the nest simultaneously | 1149 | 62 | Sunny |
| 08-Mar-11 | Mated | 1152 | 62 | Sunny |
| 08-Mar-11 | Mated | 1228 | 61 | Sunny |
| 08-Mar-11 | Male brought a fish about 8" long | 1554 | 59 | Mostly Sunny |
| 09-Mar-11 | Mated | 705 | 63 | Overcast |
| 09-Mar-11 | Mated | 827 | 63 | Overcast |
| 09-Mar-11 | Male brought fish then left | 857 | 64 | Overcast |
| 09-Mar-11 | Male left nest | 902 | 64 | Overcast |
| 10-Mar-11 | Male Brought fish | 746 | 61 | Overcast |
| 11-Mar-11 | Male brought fish | 752 | 46 | Sunny |
| 14-Mar-11 | Male brought fish | 1138 | 71 | Sunny |
| 14-Mar-11 | Male brought fish | 1149 | 71 | Sunny |
| 14-Mar-11 | Male brought fish | 1406 | 75 | Sunny |
6 comments:
I must say the nest looks so much better. So good to see that. Am anxiously awaiting eggs!!!
Mary Pat:)
Moderator, thanks so much for all your effort and input.
I'll second that! Moderator, your input and wonderful photo gallery are most appreciated.
KB :)
Do you think they have another week perhaps 10 days to build a "bowl" into the nest for the hopeful arrival of the first egg?
We believe they do. As mentioned in previous posts the "nest wall" is built up on the camera side. If their copulation has been successful we could see eggs soon.
The female is spending much of her time on the nest with her eyes closed. The weather has been fantastic and is projected to be sunny and in the 70's so fishing and continued nest building shouldn't be a problem for them.
I was curious as how long before egg laying starts after mating so did an internet search and found this statement, so maybe eggs will be appearing sooner rather than later but if 30 days then more time to finish the nest building.
"Typically the osprey will lay eggs 10-30 days after mating"
Wow, our couple seem to be working overtime this morning. What a difference just from yesterday. I think we will see eggs soon!
Vivian
I agree ... they're bringing in all kinds of building material. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that what we're now seeing will be the centre of the action!
DB of Canada
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