Nesting Diaries
11:50 AM - Photoed Red-tailed Hawk perched on cell tower.
6:19 AM - Photoed cell tower and light pole. Incomplete/unused nests. :(
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7:26 PM - Osprey near cell tower
7:03 PM - Osprey flew low and northeast over Mount Pleasant Rd. at Woodford Drive. 58°F and partly sunny. 7:18 PM sunset
7:15 AM - Photoed adult Osprey at nest
8:30 PM - Nest on athletic field light, not cell tower. Used cell tower in prior years. 82°F. 8:27 PM sunset. Light smoke in the air from Hyde county North Carolina from June 19th lightning strike
7AM - Adult in nest. Note: nest is on athletic field light pole closest to battlefield boulevard instead of on cell tower. In past years, nest was on cell tower.
9:06 AM Osprey circling beside nest atop cell tower. 63°F
8:50 AM - adult perched on lightpole near cell tower with nest
12:30 PM - Nest building. One osprey staying int the nest, and the other delivering sticks to the nest.
6:50am: Osprey at nest. (77 degrees F, and 6.06AM sunrise)
6:20 AM: two adults at nest. One left and returned twice during my 25 minutes there. (74°F. Sunrise was at 5:49 AM today.)
Nest location is east of Battlefield Blvd, at 36.7103,-76.2361.
Observed male bringing a fish to the nest and relieving female of nesting duty.