This sighting is very early for an Osprey. The Osprey used to arrive in the
Cayuga Lake Basin around April 1 like the swallows of Capistrano. For their
first three years, the Salt Point Natural Area pair would reunite on
April 5 like clockwork. Six years ago, things started changing. The Osprey
Last spring the osprey began occupying the nests along 5&20 near the Refuge
in early April. About the time the white Pelican was first seen at the
north end of Cayuga Lake.
But hey, like they say - if the book says one thing and the bird says the
other.believe the bird!
Stay safe all. Getting
Hi Diana,
Osprey would be new for the Cayuga Lake Basin 2021 list. This is early though.
It’s so early that there is only one eBird record ever for Osprey in February
in NYS north of Long Island, and that was several years ago south of Kingston
in Ulster County. This year the northernmost
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* March 01, 2021
* NYSY 03. 01. 21
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
February 22 to March 01, 2021
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands
Next Monday, March 8, at 7:30 pm will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga
Bird Club. Dr. Stephen Kress will give his presentation, "Saving Seabirds with
Social Attraction".
About one third of all seabird species are threatened because of effects of
invasive mammals, marine pollution,
Hi All,
Yesterday (28 Feb) I went to Allan H Treman State Park to check on the progress
of migration (big news: the Northern Pintails - at least 10 - from the day
before had all departed, and the Lesser Scaups were the #2 Aythya species in
the raft, Canvasback numbers being a tenth of what
Six bluebirds at Elm and Coy Glen, Friday.
Susan Evans-Pond
West Hill
From: bounce-125425029-86332...@list.cornell.edu
On Behalf Of Donna Lee Scott
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2021 5:19 PM
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Bluebirds
On a short Sunday drive in southern Cayuga
