Nickname
Cherry Lane Bridge
Coordinates
(46.5157, -116.681)
Substrate
Steel truss bridge
Description
The nest is built on the top chord and lateral bracing of a Pennsylvania type through truss bridge over the Clearwater River at Cherry Lane.
Followers
None
What to look for
Review All Observations
2018 - fmiser
aAdult Arrival
aOccupiedYes
aActive
bEgg Laying
bIncubation Initiation
cClutch Hatching
dNestlings3
eFledglings
eFirst Chick Fledging
fChicks Last Observed
xNest Failure
xReason For Nest Failure

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Show reports, diaries, and photos from:Current 2018

Activity reports

2018 Nest Activity Report by fmiser
Adult arrivalNestlings3
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure

Photos of this nest

Nesting Diaries

08/02/2018 by fmiser
While most of my efforts while traveling are in documenting historic bridges, I also am fond of raptors. I stopped at this bridge to update the info and photos as documented at http://bridgehunter.com/id/nez-perce/29960/ and much to my delight I found a raptor nest! I am not at all experienced in observing osprey, but it appeared to me this was not the first season there was a nest here, but bridge photos taken in 2012 show no nest. There were at least three birds in the nest. Because they didn't fly, made a lot of noise, and how they behaved I'm guessing they were youngsters. They looked like they had flight feathers and could soon be flying. There were at least 3, maybe 4 osprey flying around near the bridge. I don't know if they were the parents, siblings, or unrelated to the young in the nest. None of them visited the nest while I was on the bridge. I got pictures of the nest and of the bridge - but it is a very long way from the area I usually travel, so I doubt I'll get to update this nest.