Osprey Update September 23rd
The last images of osprey captured by our Middle Farms nest cam this year was on September 9th.
In September the three remaining osprey from the family that nested at our Middle Farms nest were not captured by the cam and believed to have begun their migration south, but there were a few other osprey that visited the nest on the 6th, 7th and 9th. The video clips below captured these brief visits. For about a week after the last sighting, osprey could still be heard from the cam, but since are believed to also have begun their migration to warmer areas.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024. A juvenile osprey lands on the nest and hangs out for about a half hour.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024. A juvenile osprey stops at a nearby pole before visiting the nest briefly, then about a minute later two osprey can be heard nearby communicating with each other.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024. A female osprey lands on the middle farms nest and another osprey flies by and hovers a couple times but does not land. They both leave the area soon after.
2024 Osprey Dates of Interest
| First osprey sighting at nest | A female osprey lands on the nest at Middle Farms during the early afternoon of March 20, 2024. |
| First male osprey sighting at nest | A male osprey landed on the nest at Middle Farms during the morning of March 26, 2024. |
| Incubation | By April 22, 2024 the female was incubating an egg and the male was helping during breaks. |
| First osprey egg to hatch | May 29, 2024 |
| Second osprey egg to hatch | May 31, 2024 |
| Third osprey egg to hatch | June 3, 2024 |
| First Flight | The first chick to hatch took her first flight from the nest on July 22, 2024. |
| Littlest chick passed | July 22, 2024 |
| Middle chick passed | July 25, 2024 |
| Migration | The three remaining osprey were last seen at the nest on the morning of August 29, 2024. |
