pair harassing the nearby pair on CM9 that lost their eggs due to this pairs attempt at nesting on the next door CMplatform that was happily empty for years.
activity on the nest for at least 3 days, some nest material is built up now, unfortunately this pair is harassing their neighbors so much so that I believe they have caused one nest to fail.they may be sub adults.
no one on the nest since the pair went to next door CM 9, but it has quite a bit of nest material so hope another pair can take this nice platform from the #9 osprey who think they should have 2 platforms for past 3 years!
this platform makes a great perch for channel marker 9 osprey. there is not nest material on it, the design of the platform may be the cause as the ospreys do occasionally drop sticks on it but they blow off
this platform is 100% the property of the osprey family that lives on the CM9 platform, they love to use this platform to eat, cry, socialize and simply get away from the crazy humans that go up and down the creek.
this nest continued to be used as a guard perch by the male at CM9, 121 IB or #6232. once his chicks fledged they used is too and sometimes the entire family was on the nest, but not much nesting material remained from 2016. at the end of the season the adults moved back to their nest and it stands empty with not even a gull claiming it.
new arrivals squabbling for this empty platform today, may be sub adults? they were tussling with the male from next door at . He believes the unused platform is his guard perch.
So far there are no osprey claiming this platform. Last year the osprey did not show up for this nest and so 9CM used it as a perch. thus far I have seen the male from 9 using it as a perch once again.
This platform continued to be used as a guard perch for the next door channel marker pair, CM9 (#6232) until the sole fledgling left on or about 9-5-16 and then the adult male on 9-14-16. Looking forward to seeing this nest platform occupied for 2017 as it was in 2015 when that adult pair fledged 3 chicks.
Hard to believe after the past few crazy nesting seasons at this platform but this season it is empty. I can not confirm yet but I believe only half of this pair and the next door pair arrived and so they found each other and chose the other platform. Once I can get out on the water I can check for leg bands to confirm what I suspect..or not:)
Since 3-26-16 2 osprey have been flying back and forth between BM#3 and CM9 (DE F&W #129 IB) They have taken nest material to both nest sites, and are copulating at both nest sites. They do not allow other osprey to land on either nest site. I did see one bird on CM9 a few days earlier and one bird on BM#3 around that time also. I believe this may be a new pair who's prior mates did not arrive...yet? They are not settled on either nest site but spend most of the days on BM#3 and at sunset are usually on BM#3.
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