2014 Season Photos
The Beal Wetlands Ospreys
To view pictures of the Beal osprey from the 2014 Season, click here, or on the image at left.
Sparky and Star returned to Beal in 2014 on March 21st and 22nd. Incubation was first observed by us on April 10th, and the eggs were laid April 9th, 11th, and 13th. Hatch watch began on May 13th, and B3, B4, and B5 hatched May 16th, 18th, and 20th.
To view pictures of the Beal osprey from the 2014 Season, click here, or on the image at left.
Sparky and Star returned to Beal in 2014 on March 21st and 22nd. Incubation was first observed by us on April 10th, and the eggs were laid April 9th, 11th, and 13th. Hatch watch began on May 13th, and B3, B4, and B5 hatched May 16th, 18th, and 20th.
The Scoggins Creek Ospreys
To view pictures of the Scoggins ospreys from 2014, please click here, or on the picture at left.
Dash returned from her migration on March 26th, but Hog, sadly, did not return this year. We were hoping that Dash might accept one of the two suitors that had been hanging around the nest this past spring, but if she ever did, it was by then too late to successfully nest. We hope that by August she will have formed a strong bond with one of her suitors, and that next year they will breed here successfully.
To view pictures of the Scoggins ospreys from 2014, please click here, or on the picture at left.
Dash returned from her migration on March 26th, but Hog, sadly, did not return this year. We were hoping that Dash might accept one of the two suitors that had been hanging around the nest this past spring, but if she ever did, it was by then too late to successfully nest. We hope that by August she will have formed a strong bond with one of her suitors, and that next year they will breed here successfully.
The Ritchey Road Ospreys
To view pictures of the Ritchey ospreys, click here, or on the picture.
To make up for not having two nests to watch this season, we began watching another artificial nest, (meaning the nest is not located in a tree or other natural structure) .
This nest was built last year, by what we think were inexperienced or young ospreys (probably 3 to 5 years in age). They were not successful last year, so we are hoping that they will have better luck this year. They have been incubating for at least a month as of mid June, so were are hoping that there has been a hatch, though we have not yet witnessed hatching behavior in the adults. The pair's names are Robin (female) and Ricky (male) if there are chick(s) this year, they will be known as R1 and so on.
To view pictures of the Ritchey ospreys, click here, or on the picture.
To make up for not having two nests to watch this season, we began watching another artificial nest, (meaning the nest is not located in a tree or other natural structure) .
This nest was built last year, by what we think were inexperienced or young ospreys (probably 3 to 5 years in age). They were not successful last year, so we are hoping that they will have better luck this year. They have been incubating for at least a month as of mid June, so were are hoping that there has been a hatch, though we have not yet witnessed hatching behavior in the adults. The pair's names are Robin (female) and Ricky (male) if there are chick(s) this year, they will be known as R1 and so on.