Nickname
Cedar Island
Coordinates
(41.7356, -70.7271)
Substrate
Rock in Cove
Description
located at SE end of Cedar Island in Marks Cove Wareham, MA 02571 USA 41.735663 - 70.7270813
Followers
None
Monitoring groups
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2023 - BillJ2022 - BillJ2020 - BillJ
aAdult Arrival3/30/233/22/223/25/20
aOccupiedYesNoYes
aActive
bEgg Laying8/21/23
bIncubation Initiation8/21/23
cClutch Hatching8/21/23
dNestlings212
eFledglings2
eFirst Chick Fledging8/21/23
fChicks Last Observed7/19/227/19/20
xNest Failure
xReason For Nest Failure

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Show reports, diaries, and photos from:Current 2023 2022 2021 2020

Activity reports

2020 Nest Activity Report by BillJ
Adult arrival03/25/2020Nestlings2
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed07/19/2020
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2022 Nest Activity Report by BillJ
Adult arrival03/22/2022Nestlings1
Nest OccupiedNoFledglings
Nest Active First chick fledging
Egg layingChicks last observed07/19/2022
Incubation initiationNest failure
Clutch hatchingReason for nest failure
2023 Nest Activity Report by BillJ
Adult arrival03/30/2023Nestlings2
Nest OccupiedYesFledglings2
Nest Active First chick fledging08/21/2023
Egg laying08/21/2023Chicks last observed
Incubation initiation08/21/2023Nest failure
Clutch hatching08/21/2023Reason for nest failure

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Nesting Diaries

04/04/2023 by BillJ
3/29/23 Male first observed. Arrived to next totally gone from winter storm. Will have to entirely rebuild for second year. Observed in tree on shoreline the next day eating a Very large fish. 4/1/12 female first observed. The pair is working quickly to rebuild the nest

03/27/2022 by BillJ
2 ospreys on rock with signs of rebuilding nest

03/26/2022 by BillJ
single osprey is rebuilding nest

03/22/2022 by BillJ
3/22/2022 single osprey first sighted

01/17/2022 by lost_bird
[from update by Billj] The nest, which was on a rock in the cove, was destroyed by a winter storm with unusual waves crashing into the nest.

04/03/2021 by BillJ
Two ospreys on nest. A lot of brown color.

03/31/2021 by BillJ
First sighting of 2021. One osprey on the nest about 9am.

07/19/2020 by Bobby J.

03/27/2020 by BillJ
One osprey has been on nest, the other usually outside the nest on the rock facing the prevailing wind.

03/25/2020 by BillJ
On a rock in Cedar Cove, Wareham, MA, about 5 feet above high tide mark. Two young ospreys arrived Wednesday, March 25, 2020.