Sorry for the late post. Last Thursday, 4 May 2023, daughter Becky & I saw 2 purple gallinules at MNWR in the first "pool" after the turn along the Thruway. We spent that afternoon checking on osprey nests for Candace Cornell's project & found new ones down the west side of Cayuga Lake. The one reported near Buttonwood Winery on Rte. 89 is actually the Dean's Cove nest which I found first, according to my records, on 27 April 1999! The original occupied nest was atop the bare utility pole cross-arm. After NYSEG put a riser platform on the pole, the ospreys never again built a nest on it until the end of this April. We had been down that way on 1 May & saw one of the birds carrying grass to line the nest. Whoopee!! Finally. On 4 May, both birds were on the nest. We saw a VERY rare sight, on our travels ... a female pheasant. Becky also saw a big brown bat here at home. A calling male pheasant was again up behind our house on Sat. a.m.. Fritzie, in sunny Union Springs, NY
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