Nesting Diaries
July 5, 2018 - Banded second nestling with purple band 49/D.
June 27 banded one nestling with purple band 45/D. Another chick too young. Will band next week. On June 7 there were 3 nestlings. Do not know what happened to the third chick.
June 7 - 3 chicks 4-7 days old
June 22, 2017 - Banded one of the three chicks. Other two too young. Purple 15/D
Again this year this pair built a nest on the boatlift, ignoring the platform nearby. But this year the nest is much larger and may be adequate to permit survival of a chick At present they are brooding.
The one chick in the nest disappeared after being seen to nearly fall out of the inadequate nest several times. Parents continue to hang around.
Nest reported disrupted a week ago (see last report) -- HOWEVER parents remained active at nest and today we discovered there is a chick in the nest! This nest is minimally sufficient and located precariously on a boat lift bar.
Apparently laid egg(s), but then failed when small storm disrupted nest. They still hang around the failed nest area.
This nest failed last year for trying to build a nest on a narrow boat-lift beam. Someone built a platform and this year (2014) upon arrival, the pair began to build on it. A storm blew it off however, and they again have built a nest, probably successfully on the narrow boat lift beam. In the photo can be seen the nest and the abandoned platform.
This young couple never agreed where to build a nest, even after being helped with a platform in their area. Left in September.