Author Archives: Jon at Audubon

Hi Monitors! Thank you so much for your dedication and patience as we get the ball rolling this Spring.  Following is a status report regarding the administration of the program: 2020 Osprey Report – This has been posted on the … Continue reading →

Please Update Your Email Address If you have not received any recent emails from me, it means that we do not have your email address. If you changed your email address in the past year, or are not sure, please … Continue reading →

  Interested in joining a fun, long-standing, meaningful citizen science program? The Rhode Island Osprey Monitoring program needs your help!   This program has been managed by Audubon Society of Rhode Island for the past ten years.  Before that, the … Continue reading →

I am pleased to announce that the 2020 Rhode Island Osprey Monitoring Report has been posted in the Osprey Reports section of this site.  I have also posted a link to the document here:https://asri.org/file_download/e9f4f6a5-02a9-4498-8657-a57236bc78f0 2020 was a banner year for … Continue reading →

                  Osprey Monitors New and Old, Since we cannot hold in-person training sessions this Spring, I have  posted a new training module under the “Informational Links” section of this website. I have also … Continue reading →

Hello everyone! Don’t let the 10 degree weather fool you, the 2021 Osprey Monitoring season is just around the corner. The first step of the process is for returning monitors to tell me which nest(s) they intend to cover this … Continue reading →

Hi Monitors! Please be sure to post on the nests for August. If your nest remains active feel free to continue posting. A lot of activity happens in early August. We will be reviewing the final activity through mid-September when … Continue reading →

Monitors of the RI Osprey Monitoring program were hard at work throughout July!  The July observations show an astounding increase in fledglings observed across RI.   So astounding that  I had to go back and review the observations a second time … Continue reading →

Hi Monitors! This is the time many of you have been waiting for: The chance to see fledglings take to the air and explore the area around their nests.   This is also the last chance for us to accurately count … Continue reading →

Hi Fellow Monitors, What a crazy summer!  I am very excited to see the upcoming nest activity table showing your observations from July.   This is when we really get to see the ‘big picture’ regarding all the nests across the … Continue reading →