Following up on an Osprey report from Stewart Park today I bike there on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail. On my way, looking across Cayuga Inlet towards Union Fields in Cass Park, I saw that the nest platform atop one of the light poles had a new profile: an Osprey was standing in the middle of the nest.
As I neared the end of Pier Road and was about to cross the suspension bridges to Renwick Wildwood and Stewart Park, I saw a large bird flying away northwest at tree top height. It was another Osprey who broke a branch off a tree, turned, flew to the platform not far from me, and added it to the pile of sticks. I'm not sure it can be called a nest yet because I think the previous sticks were put there by people as a starter. I don't recall that nest being used by Ospreys before. In other nesting news, this morning on Ithaca's West Hill I saw a Carolina Wren carrying a green strand of what looked like moss. I assume its nest is ready for a lining. --Dave Nutter -- 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/ --
