Trouble in Paradise?
Late on Tuesday, April 1st, I received this note from fellow Osprey colleague Don Riepe, Jamaica Bay Guardian for the American Littoral Society: At 10am he [Coley II or C2] was in Virginia. At 10am I...
View ArticleC2’s Competition – Photos!
Here are two photos, taken by Jamaica Bay Guardian Don Riepe on April 3rd, of C2’s nest, presumably showing his mate and the “Interloper” who seems to be courting her in C2’s absence. Don says three...
View ArticleC2 Making Slow Progress
Last night, April 3rd, Coley II (C2) had only made it to northeastern Maryland about 9 miles west of Havre De Grace at the mouth of the Susquehanna River. This means he has about 150 miles to go before...
View ArticleHome at Last, and the Courting Begins!
Coley II (C2) made it to Long Island around 11 am on Saturday, April 5th. It is wonderful that he finally made it back without serious mishap along the 2,700 miles from Lake Valencia in Venezuela to...
View ArticleStill Unclear if C2 Has Recaptured Nest
As reported last time, Coley II (C2) made it home to Jamaica Bay around 11 am on Saturday, April 5th but since that time he has been making flights beyond the Bay — apparently, or should I say...
View ArticleIt’s Like a Soap Opera!
Sorry everyone for the delay in updating you on the drama happening with Coley II (C2). Without ground observations of C2 and his mate on Yellow Bar Hassock, it is not easy to interpret the data we...
View ArticleC2 Finally Settled In
We are back to business as usual for C2 (Coley II) and his mate on the home front in Jamaica Bay. No more Soap Opera excitement, at least for the moment. Over the past 10 days, C2 has only left the...
View ArticleWhat’s in the Nest?
Just heard from Jamaica Bay Guardian Don Riepe that Ms. C2 is sitting tight on the nest — presumably incubating eggs. C2 is back to business as usual –- fishing to feed himself and her as she performs...
View ArticleFarewell C2
We have no new data on C2 since he fell off the “radar” screen on September 30th at 10 pm when he was in the Caribbean Sea approximately 11 miles north of the Colombian Coast. At that point we knew...
View ArticleEpilogue
Months have passed. Where are our Osprey friends now? Unfortunately, our hope that C2 would return to Yellow Bar Hassock in the spring did not materialize. He remains where we left him last fall — lost...
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