The ospreys are back.  Both were on the nest this morning.  I only got a pics of one








JAZZEL

Adding much needed nesting material this morning







JAZZEL

they will have it built up in no time with garbage and stuff....

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they will have it built up in no time with garbage and stuff....

The only garbage, very often deadly, in an osprey nest, is supplied, in unlimited quantities, by humans!!! Human garbage kills....the list is endless..includes and will end, with humans. This is one reason Ospreys are known to be a barometer (canary in the coal mine)...the food chain speaks volumes. I'll stop here...I know everyone reading this, understands, please never forget.

Back to my post

Everything going well here, except for nesting material. This afternoon…fish…then mating. The female is spending a lot of time on the nest, very good.

The site has confirmed a new pair.

The new pair may be new at nesting….not much going on in the nesting material department. Young nesters tend to be minimalists…..some never change.

That said, when a young male picks a nest site, he starts his nest, defends his nest site from other males, while trying to attract a female… This usually brings more single males, as well as interested females. Often, resulting in no nest, then continued to the next season, resulting in eggs. These are the "intruder" issues that many ospreys have to overcome, sometimes many times in their breeding life.

It will be interesting to figure out, if one or both are young. I have no opinion on the female, but the male may be young…based on nesting material…but he, or both could be just young, or minimalists.

I have a couple of ground observation nests, on platforms, season after season, I wonder how they fledge young ( a Morning Dove builds a better nest ). The resident pair add very little material, always low key. It seems to work…maybe low profile??? A huge difference on this nest, a nestling could be in big trouble if that tower base isn't covered….I hope we see more, much more nesting material added to this nest.

Hopefully, the cam view will be adjusted to see more of the nest. The view, now, would be great for eggs, hatching and nestlings…at least the cam is on and good Moderator updates.

If anyone can add an opinion or observation, that would be great.






JAZZEL

The nest cam view was good today…re: zoom, not good at this point in nesting!!
Not much change in nesting progress.

Finally



JAZZEL

JAZZEL, that egg is a beautiful sight to see and with both parents too. Thank you!

7:52 am, Just caught a glimpse of the egg; 1 parent in view at the time.

they still need to work on that nest....and viola an egg....hopefully they will have a successful season this year!