Egg Watch 2025

For the first time this spring, we saw eggs in the Osprey nest at our Loomis Goose Creek Preserve!

We suspected that one or more eggs had been laid based on the behavior of Femke and Hauke the past couple of weeks, but the nest has grown to be very thick and tall, making it harder for us to look down into the nest this year. We can now confirm that Femke and Hauke have three eggs to care for and tend to. Now we anxiously await for the arrival of chicks.

We also have very good news about two other Ospreys poles that were installed last summer. There is a pair nesting on the platform at the Chautauqua Golf Course and at least one Osprey, maybe still looking for a mate, at the pole on University Beach at Chautauqua Institution! More Ospreys than ever before can be seen fishing on Chautauqua Lake and flying overhead.