Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana
Description
Ozzie and Harriet return each year to our platform here on Crab Alley Creek. This year for 2026, we have a new Ozzie and Harriet, so it’s been interesting to observe this new pair bonding and going through the osprey dating rituals. Since we put in this platform several years ago, we have never been without a pair on the nest. They claimed the nest and settled in quickly, fending off other osprey interested in the nest and several bald eagles nearby trying to intimidate them. Our early years with this platform, we usually had two or three surviving chicks. They last few years, although there have been three chicks, but only one has survived each of the last few years.
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2026 Season Data
Nest Status
productive
Clutch Status
hatched
Young Status
fledged
Clutch history milestones
unknown
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Brood history milestones
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Activity log
| Date | Watcher | Adults | Eggs | Young | Observations | Photo | Edit |
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| March 22 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 1 | N | N |
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| Note: | Finally what appears to be a female (hopefully Harriet) on the nest for about 15 minutes. Beautiful sunny day in the low 60s. No sign of the osprey for the rest of the day. This arrival is the latest we have had of osprey to our nest. DK | ||||||
| March 23 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Another brief visit by what appears to be the same female. She stayed on the nest for about 30 minutes. DK | ||||||
| April 1 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 1 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Looks like we have an osprey making fairly regular visits to the nest. Today one osprey has been on the nest for much of the day as well as coming and going to a nearby tree, and even scared off a bird. Seems like the osprey is claiming their turf. Two days ago we saw two osprey in a tree nearby, but that is the only time two have been observed together so far this spring. DK | ||||||
| April 3 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | As of two days ago, we’ve had two osprey coming and going from the nest and spending a great deal of time there. We are pretty excited to have a pair finally settled in. There has been some pair bonding as well as bringing a few sticks to the nest. DK | ||||||
| April 9 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 1 | N | N |
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| Note: | Two osprey, with one that appears a different female than last year, are on the nest a lot. There’s been fish brought to the nest to eat and the nest is being renovated with fresh sticks. This is the first time in the 10 years or so we have had the platform that we have seen what we think is pair bonding with both osprey often flying to a tree and perched next to each other. This is happening often and not observed here before. Bald eagles have been regularly harassing the osprey and two Canada geese were on the shore next to the platform the other day. I’ve been scaring off the geese and eagles, yet mindful of the osprey. | ||||||
| April 14 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | There’s often two on the nest and still over osprey doing a fly by. We definitely have a new couple this year, so they will be Ozzie and Harriet.2. Lots of pair bonding going on. The two osprey are often seen sitting on a tree limb next to each other, behavior not previous seen by Ozzie and Harriet. The fish must be running well and at least a couple times a day I have observed dining with a lovely fish. They are protective of the nest, fending off eagles and other osprey and staking a claim on their territory. | ||||||
| April 18 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | Our new Ozzie and Harriet have been working on their nest as well as lots of making this week. Over the last couple of weeks, there was pair bonding activity. There’s still an occasional osprey getting in the way of their efforts, but these two have settled in and totally committed. | ||||||
| April 23 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 2 | N | N | |||
| Note: | He’s bringing her a lot of fish! Harriet is spending a lot of time on the nest. She does not appear for be sitting on eggs (yet), but is moving around the nest a lot, possibly preparing the nest for eggs. As a new couple, we are anxious to see how this season turns out. | ||||||
| April 25 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 1 | U | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Today is the first day we saw new Harriet sitting low and settled in the nest. As a new couple, we hope the eggs will be viable. Time will tell. No sign of Ozzie right now, although he has been super attentive with the fishing. Fish seem to be quite plentiful right now with them observed eating fish 2-3 times a day. | ||||||
| May 17 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 2 | U | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | New Harriet’s still hunkered down on the nest and new Ozzie stay close by, coming out of the trees by any threat. This new pair is getting use to me being out on the pier and the dog in the backyard. Harriet seems restless that last day or so. It may be too soon for hatching, but she has been moving around the nest a lot. | ||||||
| June 3 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 2 | Y | N | incubation | ||
| Note: | Harriet is moving around the nest a lot in recent days and looking very attentive. Ozzie has been making more visits to the nest. Hopping this first year couple will have success births and do well with raising chicks. DK | ||||||
| June 16 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 1 | N | 2 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | This is a new Ozzie & Harriet and they seem to be doing well tending the two chicks we just observed for the first time on this day. I was out of town, so the may have been active before this day. DK | ||||||
| June 28 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 1 | N | 1 | feeding, young standing |
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| Note: | In recent days I have only seen one chick on the nest. The chick is active and moving around the nest quite a bit. I still don’t know for sure if the second chick has died, yet only one chick observed from the last few days. New Harriet has not been on the nest as much, yet close by in the trees. It’s been about five days since I have seen both Ozzie & Harriet (the mating pair) on the nest. DK | ||||||
| July 24 | BC | 0 | N | 1 | young standing |
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| Note: | Kayaked up Crab Alley Creek to see if we could meet this wonderful osprey couple. They were away but in Ozzie’s sturdy and beautiful nest was a nice size chick, a bit shy but curious too. Not quite ready to fledge yet, maybe in another couple of weeks. | ||||||
| August 2 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 1 | N | 1 | feeding, young standing | ||
| Note: | The osprey chick “Ginger” has been practicing flight a lot and often hovering briefly above the nest. Yesterday Aug 2nd, I was on the pier, and my husband and friend on the shoreline working pretty quietly on a kayak launch not far from the nest. Ginger is used to seeing us and none of us were making a lot of noise, and she wasn’t fussing. A group of several ladies came kayaking and got right under the nest. I’m not sure if it was all too much stimulation from all the people, but I looked over and she was in the water about 30 feet from the nest flapping in the water trying to figure out what to do. I ran and go the kayak and a metal net hoping to shove her to the shoreline. By time I got in the water, Ginger had made her way to a broken tree limb hanging over the water and was perched there. Based on previous experience with a chick out of the nest, we were told to leave the chick alone a let the parents tend to it, so I did nothing because it was at least out of the water and on a tree limb over the water. Both parents, New Ozzie & Harriet showed up no long after. I went into the house when rain started. I saw Harriet on a pier piling eating a fish and no clue at this point if the chick is being fed or what. Based on last time this happened a couple years ago, I’m assuming she’ll likely meet her demise sooner rather than later. So sad. DK | ||||||
| August 4 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 1 | N | 1 | young standing |
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| Note: | Wow! What a day it was yesterday! We were assuming after the chick Ginger fell in the water and weather the bad storm from a tree limb hanging over the water, that she had met her demise. I’m usually much more optimistic! Yesterday late morning, my husband sent me a pic of Ginger back on the nest!!!! What a journey that must have been after taking her first flight and landing in the water and making her way to a tree limb! I watched her later, with Ozzie and Harriet keeping an eye on her, try to fly from the nest to a piling next to the pier. She decided to fly a small loop and head back to the pier and she missed the pier and fell in the water again. She quickly made her way to our oyster float just 10 ft away, then hopped to the second float closer to the nest, the the crab “hotel” and staged herself there for awhile letting her wings dry. I was out for awhile and came back to her on the neighbors piers, so our girl is getting some distance in her flight efforts and doing much better as the day went on. Ozzie and Harriet both flew to the nest calling for Ginger and they had a fish. They were very vocal in apparently telling Ginger it’s time for dinner. As her parents dropped the fish on the nest and calling to Ginger, they flew around nearby and Ginger made the flight from the neighbors piers back to the nest for dinner. What a day! This am she is resting comfortably on the nest and exhausted from all the trials and tribulations with learning to fly. Job well done, Ginger! DK | ||||||
| August 6 | Ozzie & Harriet at Hale Pau Hana | 0 | N | 1 | young standing | ||
| Note: | Sadly, Ginger, our only osprey chick, has died. She’s been trying to fly since Sunday and several times ended up in the water and made her way to shoreline or our oyster floats, crab “hotel” or floating pier. She’s had some successful flights to neighboring piers, yet stops to rest for a long time. She wasn’t flying high or far, so we suspected there may be a problem. Ginger was on our neighbor’s shoreline for awhile and I went to see if she was still there and she was gone. I thought that was good news. I walked out on our pier and looked at the shoreline and saw her exhausted flapping in the water trying to get to the shoreline. I grabbed the kayak and paddled to her and helped her on my kayak because I could not get her to the shoreline. I brought her back to our shoreline and she was very weak. She flapped her wings a few times and laid her little head down and took her last breath. I’m so sad. This little determined osprey chick tried so hard and had such will to live, but it was all too hard. We’ll keep an eye out for Ozzie & Harriet. DK | ||||||
| August 7 | BC | 0 | N | N | |||
| Note: | We were just about to go check on the nest. So sad to hear about Ginger, heartbreaking. BC | ||||||
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