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Cape Henlopen State Park

Lewes, Delaware

Open Daily 8 a.m. to Sunset

2011 Osprey Cam Nest Update

Our Osprey Camera is down for the season due to technical problems.

Our osprey pair had a difficult 2011 season, too. Although three eggs were laid, no chicks hatched. This female (her second year nesting) only hatched one bird, named Thatch, last year.

The ospreys will stay in the area till early September, but spend little time at the nest since they have no young. Please check back in mid March for the return of our nesting pair.

Please visit Dr. Bierregaard’s website to follow the movements of Thatch, who was tagged with a satellite transmitter in 2010. He is due to return to Delaware in the spring of 2012.
http://www.bioweb.uncc.edu/Bierregaard/maps11/thatch2011.htm

Thatch Maps - Jan.-July 2011

 

Male returned on March 19, 2011, and female on March 28, 2011.

Male returned on March 19, 2011 and female on March 28

Female laid three (3) eggs on April 24, April 29 and May 4.
Female laid 3 eggs on April 24, April 29 and May 4.

None of the eggs hatched, and the female abandoned incubation on or about July 10, 2011 (expected hatch dates were between May 29 and July 1).

Dad feeding Mom 10May2011

The Osprey Cam equipment was generously provided by The Friends of Cape Henlopen State Park.