Author Archives: Jon at Audubon

The final version of the report is being reviewed and should be ready for posting next week! The number of monitors (110) and hours spent monitoring (1,340) were in line with last year’s numbers. In 2017 volunteers monitored 274 nests … Continue reading →

Remember the Partridge Family?   Well you can watch “The Osprey Family” as they reunite, love, quarrel, eat and raise a family through a summer season in Barrington, Rhode Island. This show is courtesy of the one of the smartest Osprey … Continue reading →

Hi everyone! Thank you again for your time and dedication in observing your nest(s) every week – such diligence is wonderful !    But if you do not enter your observations in a timely manner all of your hard work … Continue reading →

Thanks to the hard work of all you dedicated Osprey monitors, Audubon’s RI Osprey Monitoring Program made it to Public Radio last week! Following is a link to the clip: http://ripr.org/post/ri-audubon-society-records-nearly-300-young-ospreys-largest-number-40-years   I have also placed a link in the … Continue reading →

Hi everyone! Osprey monitor Jim O’Neil sent me several of his photos taken at nest sites on the east bay.  I have included them as links under “Osprey Links”, identified by the nest name.  I am sorry that I did … Continue reading →

Goose in Nest Ellen Champion Many thanks to monitor Ellen Champion for sharing this photo of a Canada goose “sub-letting an Osprey nest in RI.   This situation has been seen before, but is certainly rare! Jon Scoones  

The Osprey report for 2016 has been updated and is available by clicking on the link under the Osprey Newsletter heading. This edition features all of the volunteers who participated in the program – or so we think! Unfortunately the … Continue reading →

I am pleased to announce that Audubon’s Rhode Island Osprey Report for 2016 has been completed and is available as a link under the “Osprey Program Monitoring Reports” category to the right>>>> Many thanks to all of you selfless volunteers … Continue reading →

Greeting fellow monitors, It is that time again!! Please be sure to submit your observations for May (and for April if you have not done so) as soon as possible.   Barbara and I are going through your observations and … Continue reading →

Over the years David Winsor has been an active monitor (Allin’s Cove) and has provided us with regular looks at Osprey life via videos he takes of this productive nest and makes public.  The quality of the videos is excellent … Continue reading →