With binoculars i could see momma's necklace.This picture is just minutes later.a empty nest.So very sad.

Actually she is in the nest i gather dealing as only she could know.Peace,love and we understand
momma.

There were those herring gulls again,both on the osprey nest and i
know that means the egg's were destroyed,whether it was the herring gull's
or the crows i will never know,but seeing two herring gulls told the story,i will now post that picture,there was no sign of momma,obviously she had to abandon the nest and fish for herself
for survival,truly heartbreaking for me but i
understand nature in it's beauty and brutality,and i have to accept what has happened.As i have witnessed on Hancock House Wildlife,the female comes back later to see that her egg or
egg's have been destroyed,i will leave this site after posting and relay
this on NF.BIRDS to see if anyone has any infomation and to be on the look out for an injured osprey but to find the bird and to know what has happened to him will more then likely
remain a mystery.The female did come back to the nest this afternoon
and was looking down at her destroyed egg's,this may be her only experience for this to happen to her,it was heartbreaking watching her looking down at the egg's,i will post the picture.
I have one question thou,if thee other male is still around and has not found a
mate is there any hope now for this season,i think not but you are an expert and i'm asking for your help

Gerard, yes the herring gulls on the nest tell the story, always very sad. If a male returns, renesting is possible. Please go to page 1 of the Halifax, Nova Scotia topic on this forum, read all the posts. They renested after losing their first clutch. But, keep in mind, this was a resident pair, not a new mate situation...I hope you keep watching your nest and report on the season. Also, understand, the female may find another male and go to his nest.

I hope, if you don't have Roy Dennis's book (published in 2008) A Life of Ospreys, you will order it (Amazon has it), you won't regret it!! I have 2 copies, 1 has so many bookmarks it looks like an ospreys tail. Rob recommended the book....

JAZZEL

I will report and observe and i will buy the book.Thank you Jazzel.Rob's a dude in my book,i
would do whatever he suggests
when it comes to osprey's.Soaring with Fidel was fun but now it's time to learn the real facts about
osprey's.

Update from Rob (5/19)

Several very interesting items to report. First off, our 2-yr old South Carolina Osprey Buck is sure up to some puzzling stuff. I won't spoil the surprise, so check out his maps:

http://www.bioweb.uncc.edu/Bierregaard/migration11.htm

We have had a recent sighting of an Osprey with a transmitter on a power line on the Vineyard's south shore. The bird was eating a fish with another Osprey sitting on the pole with him. This is not one of our currently transmitting birds, so it has to be a bird we tagged earlier in the study that we have lost contact with. Candidates are: Jaws, who would be 7 now, which isn't really old at all for an Osprey; Homer, tagged in '05 was last heard from in VA, heading south on his second migration (we suspected Great-horned Owl predation, but never had the follow-up signals that we usually get when a bird dies over land); or Conomo, tagged on the Vineyard in '07. He returned after a year and a half in Cuba and was shuttling back and forth between the Vineyard and and the apparently irresistible-to-Ospreys northeastern Connecticut when we lost contact with him. Same story as Homer. We suspected Great-horned Owls, but the signal went quiet from one hour to the next, so it might be radio failure. We have an APB out on him and will be double checking the males at all the nests along the south shore this spring and summer.

I begin the 2011 spring Osprey tagging safari on Friday. I have 5 transmitters to put on adult males this spring. I'm going to start on Long Island's North Fork on Saturday, then take the ferry over to New London and drive up to New Hampshire, where we're targeting two adult males. Then it's down to Martha's Vineyard to deploy 2 more transmitters. Later this summer, I'll return to New Hampshire to tag juveniles.

JAZZEL

It's a miracle! Due to your help with your great knowledge Jazzel,the observation i was able to make during the intruder issues was that the
intruder male did have a wing span that
was no less then a foot longer then the resident male.This morn'in i never bothered to take my camera,i just wanted to go see momma,
although she could have been
gone fishing,i see an osprey off to the left of the nest and then this osprey takes a new stick to the nest,there he was,the intruder with
the very big wing span,he's doing his nestorations
as mommma is just off to the left of the nest,he moved in quite quickly,i guess survival of the fittest possibly was played out,although
we will never know what
happened to the resident male,i will accept the new male and i do feel bad for the resident male,but this is nature,it's not our play
ground,it's their's,we are
just observer's who love birds,even thou they see us and can focus on us from a distance,they are oblivious to our existence,they do
what they do,it's their world.,I did read all
of the Halifax post's and like what happened there,hopefully there will be a new clutch of egg's and i will observe and report what
i see,this, if there are
egg's, it will be a very late year and a challenge for this new pair,it will all be documented here on Random,i'm off to work and
look forward Jazzel to
reading the update on Rob's migration page there on my break,have a good day.Believe,you gotta believe!

The new male and female at Middle Cove seem to be doing ok,the male is making a good effort by building the nest up more,even thou
the nest is in great shape,i sort of expect a new clutch of
egg or eggs around the end of May,then add 40 days for the hatch would put us at July the tenth,then add the fledge,let's say approximately
58 days,then we are at September 6th,momma would leave
14 days after that,then we are at the 20th of September.Jazzel do you think the length of the day will proplel the juvie if there is one,before
the end of September to migrate or
would you think that both the male and possibly juvie could be there well into October,if it is the amount of sea trout migrating up river
would be ideal,i'm just very curious as
to how long they might be around.Would be fun to watch them into October.

Quote by: Gerard

The new male and female at Middle Cove seem to be doing ok,the male is making a good effort by building the nest up more,even thou
the nest is in great shape,i sort of expect a new clutch of
egg or eggs around the end of May,then add 40 days for the hatch would put us at July the tenth,then add the fledge,let's say approximately
58 days,then we are at September 6th,momma would leave
14 days after that,then we are at the 20th of September.Jazzel do you think the length of the day will proplel the juvie if there is one,before
the end of September to migrate or
would you think that both the male and possibly juvie could be there well into October,if it is the amount of sea trout migrating up river
would be ideal,i'm just very curious as
to how long they might be around.Would be fun to watch them into October.

Gerard, for some reason?? Hancock won't send my reply to your question. Send me your email address, I'll give you my answer directly....

JAZZEL

That is very odd,so you have all that info now Jazzel.The incubation has not started again yet at
Middle Cove,but i was there this
a.m and the pair are doing fine,i think momma was bringing stick's to the nest.

Then soon after the new resident male brought in a fish,there was a crow who
wanted in on the
dinner,but we all know,he can watch but he can't have.


I may have the momma and pops mixed up,but not so important at the moment,i bet that crow went to
the ground below this tree
to snack on the bits that this osprey left behind,not a bad option for the crow.Also,it appears the
Herring gulls have flew
the coup,they are also nesting now and have to take care of their own business,or did the new
resident male set new limits,
i will keep all abreast of all and post my observations.