Author Archives: Jon at Audubon

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 →

Greetings 2020 Monitors, The nest activity report for the month of June has been completed (please see link below). This data would not be available if not for the time you spend each week to observe and submit your data … Continue reading →

Important Reminder: Please ensure all of your June observation data is entered by July 4th! Jon will be working on the June data summary and hopes to have it available by the 9th. But in order to do so, we … Continue reading →

May Nest Activity Summary I am pleased to report that we finally have the nest activity report for the month of May. I know the data will seem a bit outdated given all the fledglings capturing our attention! But when … Continue reading →

With July fast approaching, please be sure that all your observations for the month of June have been entered. I will be reviewing all the observations for the month and updating the Monthly Nest Activity Report by July 9th. So … Continue reading →

Hi Everyone- I hope you are all doing well. Now that we are starting to see the first signs of the chicks fledging, I’ve received a question about how and when to report fledglings in the Observation form. Hopefully these … Continue reading →