2023 at the Nest
January 2023
How popular are Osprey?
-airplanes, backpacks, companies, computers and helicopters all use the large raptor's name.
-IBM just named the fastest quantum supercomputer processor the 'Osprey'
-boaters worldwide are familiar with the Osprey, naming countless models "Osprey" - it was the No. 2 name for boats in 2022
-even neighbor Bucky's keel drive Shamrock is named Osprey
March 7, 2023
First spring occupant - Branta canadensis - this mother honker is staging a nest site. Up north, osprey platforms are covered with what looks like half a crab pot to prevent this squatting from occurring prior to the arrival of the nest's owner. Its removed when the osprey arrive.
An increasing number of these geese here in Maryland decide not to migrate the 1500 miles back to Canada to breed in the traditional spot for Atlantic flyway geese, ducks, and swans - the Ungava Peninsula in NE Canada. Geese can fly the route in 10 days!
April 2023
Harriet's first egg. 4/9/2023 , Second 4/12 and third 4/15. Expecting chick hatch beginning May 11