Re: Dave's post of last evening, we have seen a juvenile Bald Eagle along
Elm Beach Road since early May. The heavy rains washed a large tree down
one of the creeks, and s/he has been visiting that occasionally. When
finished with his-or-her check of the neighborhood, s/he heads south. We
have seen adult BE's in the trees between Elm Beach and Sheldrake, and have
assumed that the juvenile belongs to that clan.
On another note, I haven't posted about the RTH nest for some weeks. Once
the leaves came out the nest was completely hidden. However, in the last
ten days I've heard what I take to be two individual fledglings ordering up
lunch when I walk the dogs up the hill. Yesterday a solitary adult was also
calling out intermittently.
On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 11:35 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:
On 3 July I stopped by the Bald Eagle nest along Maplewood Rd in Ulysses
(north of Glenwood Pines Ithaca Yacht Club), and it appeared emptly. I
guess the 2 adult-sized young I saw there awhile back fledged at some
point. Has anyone else kept an eye on this nest or seen fledged young in
the area lately?
I watched the Red-headed Woodpecker nest on South Mays Point Rd for awhile
today. Both adults were feeding a youngster who stuck its head out the
hole. But even though only one young was visible at a time, I think there
are at least 3 of them because of different markings. One had a stripe of
red just below the eyes, 1 had a very narrow line of red just below the
eyes, 1 or more had just the gray plumage of the rest of the head.
On 3 July I saw a dowitcher in Knox-Marsellus Marsh from East Rd. I
couldn't get colors on the distant bird but it looked flat-backed as it fed
(possibly indicating Short-billed). Today (6 July) I saw 2 dowitchers there
feeding near the resting gulls terns. Again the distance, lighting
shimmer prevented me getting plumage details, although one looked pinkish
below. Both appeard very fat hump-backed as they fed, with a pronounced
concavity between the back and rear end (possibly indicating Long-billed).
--Dave Nutter
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