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The Great Osprey Census 2006

This is North Fork Audubon Society's Osprey Census for 2006 based on reports received through November 5, 2006. It is posted here for historical purposes, please see the current Osprey Census for by clicking here.

Thanks to Mike Scheibel, Joe Zipparo and Tom Damiani from TNC for the extensive Shelter Island information, Lillian Ball for additional information on the Goldsmith's Inlet area, J.S. Scope for the western Plum Island info, the Zimmerman family for the James Creek nest, Marc Klein for the Paradise Point info and Joe Lee for the Meadow Beach Lane, Mattituck information. Thanks as well to Troy Gustavson and the North Fork Osprey Project, not only for their extensive notes on locations but also for having installed many of the platforms throughout the North Fork.

Count as of November 5, 2006, was 139.

Location	Location Details	Hamlet	Status
Reese Property	south of Route 25	Greenport	no nest
Arshamomaque Preserve	near irrigation pond	Greenport	no nest
Brick Cove Marina		Greenport	Active
Pipe's Neck Road	east of road end	Greenport	nest
Pipe's Neck Road	south of rail road tracks	Greenport	Active
Stirling Basin		Greenport	Active
Gull Pond	east of inlet	Greenport	Active
Gull Pond	west side of pond	Greenport	no nest
Silver Sands Motel		Greenport	Active
Fanning Point		Greenport	no nest
West of Fanning Point		Greenport	no nest

Arshamomaque Pond	near railroad tracks	Southold	Active
Arshamomaque Pond	between railroad tracks and Route 25	Southold	Nest
Arshamomaque Pond	Little Island	Southold	Active
Arshamomaque Pond	west of Little Island	Southold	no nest
Arshamomaque Pond	south of Route 25	Southold	Active
Port of Egypt	barrier island	Southold	Active
Youngs Avenue	between Route 48 and Old North Road	Southold	Active
Route 48	between Hortons and Tuckers Lanes	Southold	no nest
Cedar Beach	west of parking lot	Southold	Active
Cedar Beach	parking lot	Southold	Active
Paradise Point		Southold	Active
Pine Neck boat ramp	between Pine Neck and Founder's Landing	Southold	Active
Goose Creek Bridge	east of bridge	Southold	Active
Goose Creek	southwest of creek	Southold	nest
Harbor Lights	near inlet	Southold	nest
Goldsmith's Boat Shop	old smokestack	Southold	Active
Goldsmith's Boat Shop	northeast of smokestack	Southold	no nest
South Harbor Park		Southold	no nest
Corey Creek	west of mouth	Southold	Active
Bay Home Road	east of road end	Southold	no nest

Dam Pond	south of barrier beach	East Marion	Active
Dam Pond	south of Route 25	East Marion	Active
Causeway	east of Truman's Beach	East Marion	Active
Causeway	south of Fishing Shack	East Marion	Active
Causeway	south of DEC Marine Access	East Marion	Active
Rocky Point	west of point	East Marion
Rocky Point	end of Fire Road 3	East Marion

Causeway	south of Latham's Farm Stand	Orient	Active
Causeway	south of Latham's Farm Stand	Orient	no nest
Terry Point		Orient
Route 25	east of Platt Road	Orient	no nest
Orient Beach State Park	east of park office	Orient	no nest
Orient Beach State Park	west of park office	Orient	no nest
Orient Beach State Park	east of 1/2 mile marker	Orient	Active
Orient Beach State Park	east of service/trash area	Orient	nest
Orient Beach State Park	further east of service/trash area	Orient	Active
Orient Beach State Park	across from Brown's Point	Orient	Active
Orient Beach State Park	across from Eagle Point	Orient	no nest
Orient Beach State Park	east of Little Bay	Orient	no nest
Orient Beach State Park	across from Peter's Neck	Orient	nest
Orient Beach State Park	west of main park area	Orient	Active
Orient Beach State Park	further west of main park area	Orient	nest
Orient Beach State Park	Long Beach	Orient
Orient Beach State Park	Long Beach Point	Orient	Active
Narrow River Road	south of boat ramp	Orient	no nest
Narrow River Road	east of DEC parking lot	Orient	Active
Narrow River Road	south of Orchard Street intersection	Orient	Active
Eagle Point		Orient	no nest
east of Eagle Point		Orient	Active
Peter's Neck		Orient
Peter's Neck Point		Orient	no nest
Eagle's Neck Point		Orient	nest
west of Eagle's Neck Point		Orient	nest

Goldsmiths Inlet	near Soundview Avenue	Peconic	no nest
Goldsmiths Inlet	east of bulkhead	Peconic	no nest
Goldsmiths Inlet	east of above	Peconic	Active
Goldsmiths Inlet	west of bulkhead	Peconic	no nest
Richmond Creek	east of Indian Neck Lane ramp	Peconic	nest
Richmond Creek	other side of creek from above	Peconic	Active
Richmond Creek	near mouth of creek	Peconic	nest
Richmond Creek	north of Indian Neck Lane ramp	Peconic	no nest
Richmond Creek	south of Wells Road ramp	Peconic	Active
Richmond Creek	east of above	Peconic	nest
Indian Neck	north of Little Creek	Peconic	Active

Down's Creek	east side of creek	Cutchogue
Down's Creek	south of New Suffolk Avenue	Cutchogue	Active
Landfill	tower	Cutchogue	Active
Nassau Point Causeway		Cutchogue	no nest
Nassau Point	out on point	Cutchogue
Nassau Point	south of Horseshoe Cove	Cutchogue	Active
Nassau Point	northwest of point	Cutchogue	Active
Wickham's Creek	south of Marsh Point	Cutchogue	Active
Wickham's Creek	northern section of creek	Cutchogue
Mud Creek	Skunk Lane/Pine Tree Road intersection	Cutchogue	Active
West Creek	across from Fanning Road	Cutchogue	Active
West Creek	west side of creek near golf course	Cutchogue	no nest
East Creek	just off Fleetwood Road	Cutchogue	no nest

Husing Pond Preserve		Laurel	Active

Mattituck Creek	south of Bailie Beach Lodge	Mattituck	no nest
Mattituck Creek	southeast of Bailie Beach Lodge	Mattituck	Active
Hall's Creek	east side of creek	Mattituck	Active
Hall's Creek	1645 Meadow Beach Lane	Mattituck
Hall's Creek	1642 Meadow Beach Lane	Mattituck
James Creek		Mattituck	Active

Crab Creek		Shelter Island
West Neck	southeast of Crab Creek	Shelter Island
West Neck Creek	across from Silver Beach	Shelter Island
West Neck Creek	north of above	Shelter Island
West Neck Bay		Shelter Island
Menantic Creek	north end of creek	Shelter Island
South Ferry	west of terminal	Shelter Island
Mashomack	Smith Cove	Shelter Island
Mashomack	northwest of Manor House	Shelter Island
Mashomack	east of Manor House	Shelter Island
Mashomack	Mashomack Point west	Shelter Island
Mashomack	Mashomack Point east	Shelter Island
Mashomack	Mashomack Point north of above	Shelter Island
Mashomack	Mashomack Point north of above	Shelter Island
Mashomack	Gibson's Beach	Shelter Island
Mashomack	Sungic Point	Shelter Island
Mashomack	Cedar Island Cove	Shelter Island
Mashomack	south of Cedar Island	Shelter Island
Ram Island	Reel Point	Shelter Island
Ram Island	Pomps Point	Shelter Island
Lower Beach east		Shelter Island
Lower Beach west		Shelter Island
Coecles Inlet	south of Upper Beach	Shelter Island
Dering Harbor	south of Dering Point	Shelter Island
Dering Harbor	south of above	Shelter Island
Dering Harbor	near Chequit Point	Shelter Island
North Ferry	southeast of terminal	Shelter Island
Crescent Beach		Shelter Island
Southwick Lane area		Shelter Island

Pine Point		Plum Island	nest
north of Pine Point		Plum Island	Active
north of Pine Point	north of above	Plum Island	nest
Plum Gut Harbor	east of harbor	Plum Island	Active
Plum Gut Harbor	west of harbor	Plum Island	Active
Plum Island Lighthouse		Plum Island	Active
Causeway to East Point		Plum Island	Active

Hungry Point		Fishers Island
Middle Farms Pond		Fishers Island
Middle Farms Pond	south end of pond	Fishers Island
Money Pond	north of pond	Fishers Island
North Hill	between North Hill and Hawks Nest	Fishers Island
Wilderness Point	north of point	Fishers Island
Chocomount Cove	south of cove	Fishers Island
Middle Farms Pond	west of pond	Fishers Island

Osprey Nest on Old Brickyard Smokestack

The Nest near Goldsmith's Boat Shop

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