Nickname
#6 pickle ball court couple Ft Monroe
Coordinates
(37.0177, -76.2994)
Substrate
Utility Pole
Description
sitting on a wood utility pole in a tennis/pickle ball court.
Followers
None
What to look for
Review All Observations
2021 - roxymach2020 - roxymach2019 - roxymach
aAdult Arrival3/19/213/10/204/2/19
aOccupiedYesYesYes
aActive
bEgg Laying4/14/214/20/20
bIncubation Initiation4/14/214/20/205/10/19
cClutch Hatching5/25/215/25/20
dNestlings22
eFledglings22
eFirst Chick Fledging7/9/218/14/19
fChicks Last Observed7/15/218/15/19
xNest Failure
xReason For Nest Failure

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Show reports, diaries, and photos from:Current 2021 2020 2019

Activity reports

2019 Nest Activity Report by roxymach
Adult arrival04/02/2019Nestlings2
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings2
Nest Active First chick fledging08/14/2019
Egg layingChicks last observed08/15/2019
Incubation initiation05/10/2019Nest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2020 Nest Activity Report by roxymach
Adult arrival03/10/2020Nestlings
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg laying04/20/2020Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation04/20/2020Nest failure
Clutch hatching05/25/2020Reason for nest failure
2021 Nest Activity Report by roxymach
Adult arrival03/19/2021Nestlings2
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings2
Nest Active First chick fledging07/09/2021
Egg laying04/14/2021Chicks last observed07/15/2021
Incubation initiation04/14/2021Nest failure
Clutch hatching05/25/2021Reason for nest failure

Photos of this nest

Nesting Diaries

06/22/2021 by roxymach
two chicks seen at the nest with female . male not observed recently

04/29/2021 by roxymach
Still low on nest observations past two weeks Male bring food or eating at nearby pole or tree

04/14/2021 by roxymach
Low lying in nest Poss. Egg rolling behaviors Mate brings fish

03/26/2021 by roxymach
Female high in nest

03/26/2021 by roxymach
Female high in nest

03/20/2021 by roxymach
One Osprey is in the area but not at nest

05/08/2020 by roxymach
Male on nest with female in near tree. They quickly exchanged positions with female on nest

03/20/2020 by roxymach
Both mail and female at nest site with female on the nest. Male is near by pole with a whole captured fish. He takes off circles twice and land in a nearby tree. Eating the fish.

08/05/2019 by roxymach
recently seen a week ago the parent covering the nest/nestlings from the sun with her wings. Appeared to be two babies. this week again I see them in the nest but can only see one standing in the nest. and hour later the parent is shading them from the sun.

07/18/2019 by roxymach
two chicks in nest. parent is shading them with her wings from the hot sun

06/03/2019 by roxymach
sitting low in nest. male came up to nest

05/21/2019 by roxymach
sitting lower in nest this day

05/16/2019 by roxymach
sitting on nest but sits higher than i would think for eggs.

05/03/2019 by roxymach
both sitting on top of nest

04/26/2019 by roxymach
no activity at the Pickle Ball nest. an hour later I observed they both are on the nest.

04/24/2019 by roxymach
the nest weathered the storm with some stick loss. workers are cleaning the courts. the pair flew off nest consequently.

04/18/2019 by roxymach
this pair is dedicated to this site on an old wooden utility pole in a Pickle Ball court but they are not building up the nest! strange. will see if it progresses.