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The Great Osprey Census 2009

North Fork Audubon Society is compiling a list of all osprey nests and platforms within our area which includes the entire North Fork, Shelter Island, Fishers Island, Plum Island, Robins Island, etc. We are interested in sites whether or not they are currently active. Please see the table below for the information we are collecting. The location information listed is approximate and will be used as a guide for mapping the exact locations using GPS equipment.

If anyone has additional information on the sites listed in the table below or has additional sites not included in the table please contact us via e-mail by clicking here. If the Status column is blank we have not received any reports yet for 2009, please help us fill in the blanks!

NFAS began this project in 2006, to see the census as of then please click here. To see the 2007 version please click here. The 2008 version is here.

Table is current as of June 28, 2009, current count is 187.

If the Location Details is underlined for a location you may click to bring up a photo of the nest/platform. Feel free to e-mail us photos of any of the nests!

Thanks to Ryan Anderson for the extensive information and map of the Shelter Island nests, Tom Killip for the Robin's Island and Cutchogue updates along with the additional East Creek nest, John Brush for the Aldrich Lane information, Nancy Conradi for the Richmond Creek update, Diana Van Buren for the Widows Hole update and J.S. Scope for the additional Albertson Lane, Dam Pond and Baywater Avenue locations, the missing Long Beach trail pole and for spotting that the nest on the broken LIPA pole in Arshamomaque Pond has been rebuilt.

Location	Location Details	Hamlet	Status
Reese Property	south of Route 25	Greenport	no nest
Arshamomaque Preserve	near irrigation pond	Greenport	no nest
Albertson Lane	LIPA tower	Greenport	Active
Brick Cove Marina		Greenport	Active
Pipe's Neck Road	Squirrel Island	Greenport	no nest
Pipe's Neck Road	south of rail road tracks	Greenport	nest
Stirling Basin	across from Brewer's Boatyard	Greenport	Active
Jetty	end of Jetty	Greenport	Active
Gull Pond	northeast of inlet	Greenport	Active
Gull Pond	west side of pond	Greenport	no nest
Silver Sands Motel	Jurzenia Preserve	Greenport	nest
Silver Sands Motel	Jurzenia Preserve east of above	Greenport	nest
Fanning Point		Greenport	no nest
West of Fanning Point		Greenport	no nest
Widow's Hole	end of Brown Street	Greenport	Active

Arshamomaque Pond	between railroad tracks and Route 25	Southold	no nest
Arshamomaque Pond	Little Island	Southold	Active
Arshamomaque Pond	LIPA tower	Southold	Active
Arshamomaque Pond	broken LIPA pole	Southold	Active
Arshamomaque Pond	west of Little Island	Southold
Arshamomaque Pond	west of above	Southold
Arshamomaque Pond	south of Route 25	Southold	Active
Arshamomaque Pond	Long Creek section	Southold	Active
Port of Egypt	barrier island	Southold	Active
Port of Egypt	barrier island, east of above	Southold	no nest
Port of Egypt	LIPA Tower near tracks	Southold	Active
Youngs Avenue	between Route 48 and Old North Road	Southold	Active
Route 48	between Hortons and Tuckers Lanes	Southold	nest
North Sea Drive	between Hortons Ln & Kenneys Road	Southold	no nest
Cedar Beach	on point west of parking lot	Southold	Active
Cedar Beach	parking lot	Southold	Active
Paradise Point	West of point	Southold	broken
Baywater Avenue	across from Fire House substation	Southold	nest
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	Active
Founder's Landing	dock north of Founder's Landing	Southold
Goldsmith's Boat Shop	old smokestack	Southold	Active
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	Barrier beach	East Marion	Active
Dam Pond	Barrier beach (east of above)	East Marion	nest
Dam Pond	south of Route 25	East Marion	nest
Causeway	east of Truman's Beach	East Marion	Active
Causeway	south of Fishing Shack	East Marion	nest
Causeway	south of DEC Marine Access	East Marion	Active
Rocky Point	end of Fire Road 3	East Marion
Shipyard Lane	old Oyster Factory	East Marion	no nest

Causeway	south of Latham's Farm Stand	Orient	Active
Causeway	south of Latham's Farm Stand	Orient	no nest
Terry Point	Terry Point	Orient	no nest
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	Active
Orient Beach State Park	further east of service/trash area	Orient	nest
Orient Beach State Park	east of Little Bay	Orient	nest
Orient Beach State Park	Long Beach trail second creek	Orient	nest
Orient Beach State Park	east of main park area	Orient	no nest
Orient Beach State Park	Long Beach trail	Orient	Active
Orient Beach State Park	Long Beach trail #2	Orient	no nest
Orient Beach State Park	Long Beach trail creek	Orient	nest
Orient Beach State Park	Peter's Neck	Orient	broken
Orient Beach State Park	Long Beach	Orient	broken
Orient Beach State Park	Long Beach Point	Orient	broken
Narrow River Road	south of boat ramp	Orient	broken
Narrow River Road	east of DEC parking lot	Orient	Active
Narrow River Road	south of Orchard Street intersection	Orient	broken
Eagle Point	out on point	Orient	nest
east of Eagle Point		Orient	nest
Peter's Neck	near houses	Orient	nest
Peter's Neck Point		Orient	Active
Eagle's Neck Point		Orient	Active
Gidd's Bay	between Peters Neck and Browns Point	Orient
west of Eagle's Neck Point		Orient	Active

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
Route 25/Peconic Lane	communications tower behind PD	Peconic	Active
Richmond Creek	east of Indian Neck Lane ramp	Peconic	broken
Richmond Creek	other side of creek from above	Peconic	nest
Richmond Creek	north of Indian Neck Lane ramp	Peconic	Active
Richmond Creek	south of Wells Road ramp	Peconic	Active
Indian Neck	north of Little Creek	Peconic

Down's Creek	east side of creek	Cutchogue	Active
Down's Creek	south of New Suffolk Avenue	Cutchogue	Active
Landfill	tower	Cutchogue	Active
King Kullen	tower	Cutchogue	Active
Nassau Point Causeway		Cutchogue	Active
Nassau Point	out on point	Cutchogue	Active
Nassau Point	Meadow Beach	Cutchogue	Active
Nassau Point	south of pond entrance	Cutchogue	no nest
Nassau Point	north of pond entrance	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	nest
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
East Creek	marsh island	Cutchogue	Active

Robin's Island	North end	New Suffolk
Robin's Island	abandoned windmill	New Suffolk	Active
Robin's Island	west side north of southern tip	New Suffolk	nest
Robin's Island	South end	New Suffolk	Active

Husing Pond Preserve	pond	Laurel	Active
Aldrich Lane ball fields	Light fixture	Laurel	Active

Mattituck Creek	DEC access	Mattituck	no nest
Mattituck Creek	south of Bailie Beach Lodge	Mattituck	no nest
Mattituck Creek	southeast of Bailie Beach Lodge	Mattituck	Active
Mattituck Creek	near Old Mill Inn	Mattituck	Active
Mattituck Creek	island	Mattituck
Mattituck Creek	south end of creek	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

Boy Scout Camp	salt marsh near inlet	Baiting Hollow

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	Active
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	Active
Mashomack	south of Sungic Point	Shelter Island
Mashomack	Cedar Island Cove	Shelter Island
Mashomack	southwest of Cedar Island	Shelter Island	Active
Ram Island	Reel Point	Shelter Island	Active
Ram Island	Pomps Point	Shelter Island
Lower Beach east		Shelter Island	Active
Lower Beach west		Shelter Island	No Nest
Ram Island Drive 1		Shelter Island	Active
Ram Island Drive 2		Shelter Island	No Nest
Ram Island Drive 3		Shelter Island	Active
Coecles Harbor	Ram Island Road	Shelter Island	No Nest
Dering Harbor	south of Dering Point	Shelter Island	Active
Dering Harbor	south of above	Shelter Island	No Nest
Dering Harbor	near Gardiner's Creek	Shelter Island	No Nest
Dering Harbor	west of above	Shelter Island	Active
Dering Harbor	Route 114 Bridge	Shelter Island	Nest
Dering Harbor	near Chequit Point	Shelter Island	No Nest
Dering Harbor	south of above	Shelter Island	Nest
North Ferry	southwest of terminal	Shelter Island	Nest
Crescent Beach		Shelter Island
Southwick Lane area		Shelter Island

Pine Point	out on point	Plum Island	Active
Pine Point	northwest of point	Plum Island	no nest
Old Lab	south of old dock pilings	Plum Island	Active
Old Lab	north of old dock pilings	Plum Island	broken
Old Lab	further north of old dock pilings	Plum Island	Active
Old Lab	along road to old lab	Plum Island	no nest
Plum Gut Harbor	east of harbor	Plum Island	Active
Plum Gut Harbor	west of harbor	Plum Island	Active
Plum Gut Harbor	west of above	Plum Island
Plum Island Lighthouse	near lighthouse	Plum Island	Active
Plum Island Lighthouse	northeast of Lighthouse	Plum Island
New Lab	behind lab	Plum Island	Active
New Lab	road east of lab	Plum Island	no nest
Parade Grounds	northeast of buildings	Plum Island	no nest
Parade Grounds	south of buildings	Plum Island	no nest
Road to East Point	near area where seals congregate	Plum Island	nest
Road to East Point	east of above	Plum Island	no nest
Road to East Point	east of above	Plum Island	no nest
Road to East Point	north loop of road	Plum Island	no nest

Town Airfield Property		Fishers Island
Navy Property		Fishers Island
Navy Property #2		Fishers Island
Middle Farms Pond	north of west end of pond	Fishers Island
Island Pond	north of pond	Fishers Island
Brickyard Pond	northeast of pond	Fishers Island
Money Pond	north of pond	Fishers Island
Chocomount Cove	south of cove	Fishers Island
Middle Farms Pond	north of east end of pond	Fishers Island

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