Over the weekend I pulled over by those soccer fields but found no sign of a nest.
Suan _____________________ http://suan-yong.com > On Apr 22, 2014, at 9:39 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > I think someone, probably Chris Tessaglia-Hymes reported seeing an Osprey > carrying nesting material to one of the light fixtures of the foot ball (?) > field in East Hill. I think Anne Clarke also reported seeing one in that > area. I presume it may be the same pair/or bird possibly. I looked at the map > it seems BTI is half between Beebe Lake and the Game Farm road. Distance > seem to be just under a mile and half between the two points as an Osprey > flies! > > > > So it may not be very far from the Ospreys point of view. And South end of > Cayuga Lake is about 2.5 miles, again as an Osprey flies. > > > > I am blessed that Osprey has chosen that highway where BTI is on the way! I > am expecting to see more of them as the days progress with lots of fish! > > > > I have also seen them hunting along Fall Creek in the past near Flat Rock and > beyond. > > > > Cheers > > Meena > > Meena Haribal > Ithaca NY 14850 > 42.429007,-76.47111 > http://haribal.org/ > http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ > > > From: Candace Cornell <cec...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 9:19 PM > To: Marie P. Read; CAYUGABIRDS-L; geoklop...@gmail.com; veery...@gmail.com; > Meena Madhav Haribal > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] East Hill osprey > > Thank you for reporting your osprey sightings—Has anyone been able to see the > nest they are building in the BTI area? > > Geo said "Apparently the promise of "owning" Beebe Lake as a mostly private > fishing reserve outweighs the longish commute!" Ospreys are usually not > territorial about their fishing grounds because fish are a moving resource > that can't be easily defended. Their nests, however, are stationary and are > well-guarded by the adults as is the airspace around the nest. > > If there is a nest near BTI, it is not very far from Beebe Lake or Cayuga > Lake as the "osprey" flies. Ospreys prefer to live within 3.1 miles (3 km) of > abundant food sources, but will travel further if they must. As Marie pointed > out, in areas with limited resources, some ospreys will travel as far as 12 > miles between their nests and food source. The limiting resource for ospreys > in our area is adequate nesting sites. Since sturdy large, dead trees or tall > live trees with open tops located out in the open and close to adequate food > resources are rare, ospreys must depend on people to build osprey > platforms.or take their chances nesting on utility poles and light fixtures. > > Eyes to the skies! > > Candace > > > > >> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> I think Osprey are prepared to go quite a distance from where they nest to >> where they fish. >> At Mono Lake (which has no fish) they fly sometimes 10 miles one way to >> freshwater lakes to find food, repeating this several times a day when they >> are feeding young. There are 10 or so pairs that nest on Mono Lake's >> offshore tufa towers, which provide nest sites safe from terrestrial >> predators. They find nest material much closer though. >> >> Marie >> >> Marie Read Wildlife Photography >> 452 Ringwood Road >> Freeville NY 13068 USA >> >> Phone 607-539-6608 >> e-mail m...@cornell.edu >> >> http://www.marieread.com >> >> Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake Basin A new book coming >> May 2014 >> http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/BOOKS/G0000ccYTIzOzsYA/I0000bcMn4rPRp58 >> ________________________________________ >> From: bounce-114721412-5851...@list.cornell.edu >> [bounce-114721412-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Asher Hockett >> [veery...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 4:55 PM >> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L >> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] East Hill osprey >> >> I wonder more about the selection of a nest site distant from the fishing >> grounds. Is this a common thing among them? >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal >> <m...@cornell.edu<mailto:m...@cornell.edu>> wrote: >> Hi all, >> Today I saw at least three trips of osprey from behind BTI to Beebe lake and >> back once with fish and once with stick. It seems it is a quite some >> distance to go fishing and nest material collecting. >> >> >> -- >> >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
