Nesting Diaries
Nest present, female sitting next to nest, no visible fledglings
Nest present, 3 visible fledglings in nest with adult male
Nest present, female sitting in nest with possible fledglings
Nest present, female in nest, male flying within 200 feet
Nest present, female in nest, male flying within 200 feet
Nest present, 2 males flying within 400 feet
Nest present, male and female in nest
Nest present, female in nest
Nest present, male perched on light post adjacent to nest
Nest present, 1 male and 1 adult flying near nest
Nest present, male flying ~100 feet away
Nest present, no osprey nearby.
Nest present, no osprey nearby
Nest present, 1 male and 1 adult flying ~150 feet away
Nest present, male flying ~50 feet away
The female was in the nest with at least two chicks. Not much activity.
Both of the adults were in the nest with at least one chick. There wasn't much activity, potentially due to time and temperature of the day.
One osprey was incubating, might have also been working on something inside the nest. I saw some green parrots using the underside of the nest.
One was lying low in the nest. It was moving a bit towards the end but mostly just incubating. There was a male where the missing nest used to be, couldn't tell which nest it belonged to. A green parrot was on the underside of the nest before departing.
The male and female were both in the nest, preoccupied with something in it. Potential for chicks in the nest but couldn't see.
There were also 5 other ospreys in the area flying around this nest and #1218. I think there is at least one other nest on Coquina Key.
The female was fixing something in the nest for a few minutes. The male flew off and after that the female went back to incubating. There was a green parrot building part of the nest underneath before going inside the bottom of the nest.
Female osprey was sitting very close to me eating a fish. I assumed it belonged to this nest since it was closer to this than #1218. One osprey was lying low in the nest.
1 was in nest, lying too low to determine gender. Other ospreys were heard in the area, but no visual sign of mate.
One osprey was sitting in the nest, lying low. I'm assuming it was female, but mate was not seen. Green parrots were present underneath the nest.
There was a female near the nest, but did not approach it. A lot of other bird activity in the area.
Both ospreys were in nest, remained in it for duration of watch.
Nest is present but no ospreys were seen in it. There was a female where nest 5502 should be, but did not seem interested in moving to nest. No wrens spotted.
There is not a nest here but there was a male on the light pole where the nest used to be.
Nest Still not there. Ospreys in area, but for other nest.
Nest not seen. Could have been taken down in a storm.
Less wrens than last observation, but still at least half a dozen were seen directly around the nest. Ospreys still do not seem interested in nest.
Less wrens than last observation, but still at least half a dozen were seen directly around the nest. Ospreys still do not seem interested in nest.
Same as past observation, wrens like to be approached less than even the ospreys. Neither species pays much mind to being observed unless I get too close.
Nest continues to be occupied by numerous wren, who appear quite content with their modified home. Ospreys seem to have no interest in nest or wrens.
More wren were sighted than late date of observation. Nest appears to be in good condition, and the wren seem to have kept up somewhat with upkeep.
Only two wrens were seen by the nest during observation time. Pair of ospreys in area appear to have settled in closeby in a nest across the field.
Nest is still active by multiple pairs of wrens, a pair of osprey were seen nearby but did not approach this nest during the observation time.
Pair of osprey seen in the immediate area, however believed to inhabit 1218. Very large nest with blue bag stuck into it. Nest appears to be inhabited by wrens, at least 6. They can be heard chirping and stay close to the nest.
Nest is in good condition. Does not appear to be active. No adults in area.
Nest is present. Nest is very large and maintained. 1 adult female osprey present in nest.
Nest is large and actively maintained. 1 adult Osprey present in nest- unable to determine sex.
Nest is present. Nest is large and actively maintained, however a few signs of trash bags in nest. Adult female osprey was present in the nest. No signs of incubation.
Nest is large and actively maintained. Both adult female and male osprey present in nest at same time. No signs of incubation.
Nest is large and actively maintained. Adult male osprey in nest, no sign of female nearby.
1 adult Osprey present- unable to determine sex.
There were three osprey spotted in the park today, and they are using the other two nests in the park.
Again the nest is not in use, the nest appears the same and some sticks sit on top of the light pole but no real structure exists.
Only the nest on the flat platform designed for osprey might be in use, the other nests in the park are not in use.
Large, well-maintained nest, no osprey
Well-maintained nest and no osprey present.
Small nest, no osprey, small birds present
Well constructed nest, looks to be built up from last observation
Small nest with greens and twigs. no osprey
Small nest present, no osprey
Male and female in nest but no longer low in nest. Nestlings hatched?
Female incubating in nest
Female incubating in nest
Female incubating in nest
Female in nest- incubating
Osprey low in the nest- gender unclear- probably incubating.
Female present and incubating.
No osprey present at the nest
Male flies from the nest and circles around it, then flies back. Possible signs of young osprey.
Nest built. Both ospreys present.
Nest built. Both ospreys present.
Nest built. Adult flew away.
1 adult male 200 m on a light post- sharing it with another osprey that appears to be a female
1 adult male 200 m on a light post- sharing it with another osprey that appears to be a female
1 adult male 200 m on a light post- sharing it with another osprey that appears to be a female
1 adult male 200 m on a light post- sharing it with another osprey that appears to be a female
1 adult male 200 m on a light post- sharing it with another osprey that appears to be a female
1 adult male 200 m on a light post- sharing it with another osprey that appears to be a female
1 adult male 200 m on a light post- sharing it with another osprey that appears to be a female
1 adult male 200 m on a light post- sharing it with another osprey that appears to be a female
1 adult male 200 m away on a light post
1 adult male 200 m on a light post- sharing it with another osprey
1 adult male 200 m on a light post- sharing it with another osprey
1 adult male 200 m on a light post- sharing it with another osprey
1 adult male 200 m on a light post- sharing it with another osprey
1 adult male 200 m on a light post
1 adult male 200 m on a light post
1 adult 200 m away. There are several nests in this area and several ospreys consistently perching close to this nest but the closest osprey consistently claims this spot
Today I observed (3) juveniles sitting in the nest. Birds seemed very active, moving around nest.
Today I observed an osprey perched in the nest. Could not determine sex. No other sign of osprey/juvenile.
Today I saw a male osprey perched in nest. Possibly some other movement comming from inside the nest.
No sign of osprey again today.
Today I observed an osprey sitting low in the nest. Could not idenitfy the sex or whether or not it was a juvenile.
I oberserved an osprey sitting low in nest today. Could not determine sex. Overcast weather.
osprey sitting in middle of nest. cannot determine sex of osprey. it rained all day, current weather is overcast
Today I observed a male osprey perched on lighting structure 50yrds from nest. Female spotted sitting in nest. Lots of activity at park.
male perched on light structure 50m away from nest. female sitting in middle of nest.
Osprey perched on soccer light pole (100 meters away) Small black birds flying around nest.
no sign of osprey in nest. there are tiny black birds perched in and around nest. there is an osprey perched in high tree about 100m away on a light structure.
No sign on osprey near this nest.
no sign of osprey in or near nest
Today I found the nest for the first time. It is very close to another osprey nest. This nest is currently occupied. I saw a male osprey in this nest perched above on a metal pole that stuck out from atop the nest. It was making loud noises while looking around the area. There were more high pitched noises coming from inside of the nest. I did not see any movement coming from inside of the nest.
Found the nest for the first time today. Very easy to spot. There was a male perched up over nest. Heard squawking noises coming from male. Could possibly be from inside the nest (hatchlings) did not see any young.
For my first nest observed at Coquina Key Park, there were no osprey's in the nest, but one couple that perched across it on a light pole with no nest. There were two total nests at that location. The first week the smaller nest was occupied by the osprey pair, and my nest, the sturdier one was not occupied. The second week the osprey's moved to my observed nest and was seen bringing branches and items to build the nest to be a little bigger. The other nest was not occupied by the osprey pair, but was being used by mock parakeets. This week, they seemed to abandon that nest and go to mine and now there is a nest for monk parakeets in my osprey nest. The monk parakeets seem to be fighting and warning of the European starling.
Adults arrived November 2012. Incubation began during December 2012. Pair last seen at nest February 2013.