End of Season 2023

10/14/2023

The WWOC held its annual Empty Nest Party on a beautiful Saturday in October at the perfect location of Point Molate Park. Fun was had by all. There was plenty of opportunity to catch up with each other, but also great food, entertainment, and activities.Lots of music, a fun skit, folded paper fish, custom made jigsaw puzzles, and a memorial nest for Clipper. Just watch the video, expertly created by craigor, to see all the fun.

Meanwhile, of course Rosie has left on her migration and the nest they build this year has been falling apart. Richie continues to frequent the area. He spends most nights on the ROV wires where we can just make him out in the dark. We don't know where he spends his days. The other nests are empty as well, but there are as many as 20 ospreys, presumably males, who overwinter in Richmond and San Pablo Bay areas. If you do see ospreys during the day, please let us know. An osprey did fly by the party, but it did not appear to be Richie this year. Below are a few last pictures of Richie.

Richie on the wire. Sept. 26,2023. 742am. cap by midi

Richie on the wire. October 16, 2023 a6 6:23pm. cap by dk.

Osprey on a light pole. Oct. 3m 2023. 329pm. cap by midi

Richie on the wire. October 16, 2023 at 8:06 pm. Cap by dk.

Occasionally there are other visitors to the nest. There has been a report of a raccoon. There have been gulls and crows and finches. And the kingfishers below.

To our consternation, workers came and took down a pole on which some ospreys had nested this year. But they erected a new pole, with a dish to entice the ospreys to rebuild a nest. It will fe interesting to watch what happens.
photos by T28

And with no ospreys to watch, we take delight in the ever changing Bay waters and sky. Sparkles that we call harbor fairies, light effects from the cam called zoids, etc. And the ever fascinating boats, especially the large car ships that the tugs so artfully pivot.

A zoid on the water captured by Calneva on Oct. 12 at 10::54 am.

Harbor fairies October 2023. cap by Toaster28.

Wishing Rosie a safe flight and a relaxing stay in the South. And thank you to Richie for roosting on the wires at night. Please continue to visit and ay you stay well and well-fed throughout the Winter.

November: We continue to see Richie on the ROV wires most nights. We also see an osprey or ospreys on the light poles. We assume one is Richie. Often that osprey is eating a fish. Our "boots on the ground" have seen an osprey bringing sticks to the next nest and pole put up earlier this Fall, near the Porter's nest. Perhaps one stayed behind?There is also a handsome osprey, possibly young and possibly female, hanging around. It has speckles on its chest and juvenile looking eyes. Two ospreys have even been seen hanging out together briefly. So it appears that at least one osprey besides Richie decided to stay around the ROV area this year.
Meanwhile, chatters watch the Bay, the sparkles and light artifacts they call zoids, and the boat activity. There is always something to see from the cam. Also great views of the sky, the weather, and San Francisco, now lit up for the holidays.