BC
Description
Nest box built on a mooring piling. Comparatively about 6ft lower in elevation than popular 'osprey pole' nests
2 Monitoring Group Affiliations
2026 Season Data
Nest Status
productive
Clutch Status
hatched
Young Status
fledged
Clutch history milestones
March 9, 2026
April 16, 2026
April 18, 2026
Brood history milestones
June 3, 2026
July 27, 2026
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Activity log
| Date | Watcher | Adults | Eggs | Young | Observations | Photo | Edit |
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| April 14 | BC | 2 | U | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Male also present. Nice pile of twigs. Female seems to be on eggs already (this pair was the first to arrive on the creek, very early (3/9/2026) | ||||||
| June 9 | BC | 1 | N | 1 | feeding, young laying down | ||
| July 1 | BC | 1 | N | 1 | young standing |
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| July 13 | BC | 1 | N | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Observed chick’s wings motion for the first time (quite un-coordinated!) | ||||||
| July 14 | BC | 0 | N | 1 | young standing |
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| Note: | Was practicing wings beats | ||||||
| July 16 | BC | 1 | N | 1 | young standing |
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| Note: | Clearly the juvenile is a female. | ||||||
| July 20 | BC | 0 | N | 1 | feeding, young standing |
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| Note: | Young seen feeding on a fish left by the adult. Very alert. Looks ready to fledge | ||||||
| July 27 | BC | 0 | N | 1 | young standing |
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| Note: | Little Annabellette took flight today! Spotted her on a piling 1/4 mile away. She recognized my kayak and was comfortable with my presence 15’ away or so. After 5 minutes at close range, she took off (picture) and returned to her nest demonstrating good flight control and glided back to a full stop almost gracefully. Mom Annabelle was seen in a distant tree, watching quietly … | ||||||
| July 29 | BC | 0 | N | 1 | feeding | ||
| Note: | Annabellette was at the nest this morning, eating a fish. Didn’t see adults nearby. | ||||||
| August 1 | BC | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Young Annabellette was nowhere to be found. I am sure she is not far but I know it takes a week or two for young fledglings to settle on which tree and which tree branch will become 'the favorite'. No one was at the nest but Frank was on his favorite locust branch, quietly observing the opening of Long Creek into Shipping Creek. I had forgotten how large he was, I think he is one of the largest adult male on the creek. Even with a great white egret perched on a lower branch in the same tree, he was unruffled, quiet and confident. | ||||||
| August 4 | BC | 0 | N | 1 | feeding, young standing |
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| Note: | Celebration day today! Saw young Annabellette eating her own catch! Is is possible this young (just one week after fledging? I actually did not see her catch that fish, but given that she was standing on top of a piling eating a fish indicates it must’ve been her own cash (because I have never seen an adult osprey, bringing a fish to a fledgling outside of a nest, much less on top of a piling). Or maybe she was fed in the nest and then flew off with the fish? She was calm as always as I approached her and talked to her. Was able to take this picture as she took off, even saw her landing on a dead branch of a locust tree across from her nest. Not bad for a one legged landing (as she was still holding her fish in the other leg). | ||||||
| August 10 | BC | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | No one at the nest but the adult male (Frank) was in his favorite observation tree nearby. Couldn’t see or hear little Annabellette around, but she has been very independent (and precocious), so not too worried at this stage. | ||||||
This nest has 6 reference photos. View Photos
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