ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY OSPREY WEBCAMS
Watch the Bay Area’s first live Osprey Nest Cam, featuring resident pair Rosie & Richmond. HDOnTap installed two high-definition cameras close to an active Osprey nest on top of the Whirley Crane, a 75-foot-high WWII maritime crane overlooking the San Francisco Bay.Nesting ospreys need the San Francisco ecosystem and the surrounding watershed to be as clean, healthy and safe as possible. The Golden Gate Audubon hopes to bring awareness to this issue and promote their habitat work in the area.
"The San Francisco Bay has seen a dramatic growth in Osprey nests in recent years", says the Golden Gate Bird Alliance.
San Francisco Bay Ospreys Nesting History
2025 Season
2021 Season
Season Summary: A successful season! Three eggs, Three Hatches and Three Fledges!
February 18, 2021 - Rosie Returns
February 25, 2021- Rose and Richmond reunite
March 24, 2021 - First Egg Laid
March 27, 2021 - Second Egg Laid
March 30, 2021 - Third Egg Laid
May 1, 2021 - First Hatch
May 3, 2021 - Second Hatch
May 5, 2021 - Third Hatch
June 19, 2021 - First Hover attempts
June 25, 2021 - Sage (WR) Fledges
July 1, 2021 - Poppy (ZP) Fledges
July 2, 2021 - Lupine (VZ) Fledges
2020 Season
Season Summary: 3 eggs, 3 hatches, 2 fledges
March 30, 2020 - First Egg Laid
April 2, 2020 - Second Egg Laid
April 5, 2020 - Third Egg Laid
May 6, 2020 - First Pip
May 7, 2020 - First Hatch
May 9, 2020 - Second Hatch
May 11, 2020 - Third Hatch
June 10, 2020 - Nestlings start to feed on their own at 33, 32 and 30 days old
June 17, 2020 - Nestlings are all banded and weighed, 2 males (ZD and XV) one female (WU)
June 22, 2020 - Oldest nestling at 45 days begins to hover followed by 44 day old female
June 29, 2020 - Oldest nestling at 52 days fledged from the nest to the crane cables
July 3, 2020 - Shasta (WU) female at 55 days old fledges from the nest to cables
July 5, 2020 - Tam fledged at 54 days
July 6, 2020 - Tam was injured flying up the crane boom, he was discovered the next morning and taken to WildCare of San Raphael for assessment, it was discovered that he had a broken leg, Surgery was performed and Tam was recovering. After the surgery, Tam's condition turned fatal. Since banding the nestling was the youngest and underweight.
2019 Season
Season Summary: 3 eggs laid, 3 eggs hatch, 2 fledges
March 31, 2019 - First egg laid
April 3, 2019 - Second egg laid
April 6, 2019 - Third egg laid
May 10, 2019 - First & second hatch
May 13, 2019 - Third hatch
May 15, 2019 - Third hatching dies due to cold weather
June 17, 2019- The two chicks are named by the Golden Gate Audubon Society. In hatch order:
"Peace-up" meansing Osprey in the Siuslaw native language
"Kiskasit" meaning Osprey in the Hanis Coos native langauge
June 30, 2019 - "Peace-up" fledges ( Watch Clip)
July 4, 2019 - "Kiskasit" fledges
2018 Season
Season Summary:
3 eggs laid, 3 hatches, 3 fledges
March 31, 2018 - First egg laid
April 3, 2018 - Second egg laid
April 6, 2018 - Third egg laid
May 9, 2018 - First hatch (watch clip)
May 11, 2018 - Second hatch
May 13, 2018 - Third hatch
June 1, 2018 - Chicks named by Golden Gate Audubon Society. In hatch order:
Roemer: In honor of Elsie Roemer, a GGAS conservationist who worked tirelessly to protect birds and their habitats
Victory: In honor of the shipyard workers of Richmond who built the Victory (and the Liberty) ships, including the Red Oak Victory, neighbor to the Whirley Crane nest site
Brisa: Meaning "breeze" in Spanish
June 21, 2018 - Chicks banded
July 1, 2018 - Roemer and Victory's fledge
July 6, 2018 - Brisa's fledge
2017 Season
Season Summary:
Clutch of three eggs, two hatches, two fledges
April 1, 2017 - First egg laid
April 4, 2017 - Second egg laid
April 7, 2017 - Third egg laid
May 1, 2017 - An egg was removed from the nest by the adult female
May 12, 2017 - First hatch
May 14, 2017 - Second hatch