Yippee! A second osprey egg has been pipped open, and now there are 2. The blue lines lead to the 2 osprey nestlings, and the red line is pointed at the 3rd egg.

The first egg was laid on April 12, the 2nd egg on April 15, and the third egg was laid on, or about April 17. Really? 3 eggs! What were we thinking? Osprey incubation is 35 - 42 days. The earliest to expect hatching is May 17 - 22.

May 22, 2026: Nestling No. 1 cracks out . May 22, 2026: Nestling No. 1 (red arrow) and 2 unhatched eggs (blue arrows).

April 6: The nest looks ready for eggs. There has not been much change to the nest in the last day or so. It has a nice soft insulating center - even a little greenery for homeyness. Amazing! In a week the nest has gone from bare floor to nearly ready.. T

The Osprey are moving quickly: this is the state of the nest on March 27 at 8:45 a.m. Almost no new sticks. 7.5 hours later on March 27 at 4:15 p.m. the nest is well on its way to being built up with sticks The nest on the evening of March 30 is quite built up in just 4 days. In case you are wondering those are rocks in the nest that have been there since 2025.

They are back. Individual ospreys have been seen in the area of the Power company pole this week, And, there has even been an osprey & eagle aerial interaction, but it looks like the eagle has retreated to its own nest. And so, let the 2026 Block Island Osprey nesting season begin today - March 27, 2026. We will look carefully to determine if one or both of he osprey are banded.

Ohhhh! One of the nestlings is flying. They will likely be back to the nest platform on a regular basis getting food from the parents....

Both are "flying" up & down around the nest. These photos are from afar: Curt Milton, Seattle, WA

At 7 weeks old these nestlings (speckled back) are nearly full sized compared to the female (solid back). She is hopping out of the way...

At 6 weeks old these nestlings are nearly the size of the parents. This nestling duo was banded on the morning of July 3, by a licensed...

At 5 weeks old these 2 nestlings are amazingly big. True feathers are growing in everywhere and their coloring is getting to be a mix of...

The nestlings are 4 weeks old, and big galumphs with very long wings when unfolded. Their coloring has changed and true feathers are...

The nestlings are 3 weeks old. It truly is amazing to see how fast they grow. They are not really walking - more like rolling around and...

It is amazing how big these nestlings are in just 2 weeks. It is hard to tell, but, that is a big fish. And, the nestlings are being fed...

Just over one week old - it is family meal time, Papa just brought in a good sized fish. Sitting up straight for fish tid-bits