[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys Everywhere All at Once!

2023-03-28 Thread tess
Including one back beside the nest that is atop the cellphone tower south of Covert ~ 4:45pm today.  For the first time in three years the nest had not been removed from the tower, so it was there to welcome the osprey back to its summer home.  An hour earlier presumably the same bird was

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys Fledging

2022-07-18 Thread Candace E. Cornell
It’s fledging time for our Ospreys! Watch the young get their first air and test their new world of flight! Enjoy! The blog *On Osprey Time* has moved to *On Osprey Time: Ospreys of the Finger Lakes *at https://onospreytime.blogspot.com/. Eyes to the

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys on eggs

2022-04-22 Thread Candace E. Cornell
As of this week, most of Cayuga's Ospreys are sitting on eggs and may be harder to see as they incubate deep in their nests. Please give them space at this sensitive time and stay 100-300' away from their nests. If the birds cry out or fly off the nest, you are too close. Enjoy watching the

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys & a c. loon & tree swallow 4/9/22

2022-04-09 Thread job121830
Daughter, Becky Sewell, & I made the rounds checking osprey nests at the north end of Cayuga Lake this afternoon. Found 2 new nests near NY Chiropractor College south of Seneca Falls. In the canal channel in Cayuga we discovered that the old iron tower north of the RR bridge now has a new tall

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys

2022-03-30 Thread Bill Roberts
There were two ospreys on the platform nest at Rt. 90 and Rt. 326 in Union Springs around 6:30 p.m. this evening. One bird left the platform and flew toward Cayuga Lake while the other remained on the nest. Bill Roberts Aurora -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys all around

2021-04-08 Thread Candace E. Cornell
Fellow Birders: Many of our 150 +/- breeding Osprey pairs in the Cayuga Lake Basin have returned home and have begun their nesting season. If you are interested in following one pair, Ophelia and Orpheus, read on. After separate winters in the South American tropics, these Lansing residents

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys at Stewart Park

2021-04-05 Thread Judith Jones
About 4:30 yesterday two swooping around each other over Fall Creek  west of the RR bridge. A few minutes later one of them sat on the nest platform by the backwater for maybe 2 min. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys are coming back

2021-03-30 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
Union Springs, Center St./Number One Rd. NYSEG station osprey is back. Becky went out looking about noon so should have a better report this evening. Fritzie On 3/30/2021 12:11 PM, Candace E. Cornell wrote: > All's right with the world once the Ospreys return . . . and now they > are back. >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ospreys back at Myer's Hill nest

2021-03-30 Thread Candace E. Cornell
All's right with the world once the Ospreys return . . . and now they are back. As of this morning, many of the breeding Ospreys in the Ithaca and Lansing area have returned to their nests. I can't be sure if these are the same birds as last year, but their behavior indicates they are. A few of

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys back at Myer's Hill nest

2021-03-30 Thread Robyn Bailey
For those keeping track, I saw 2 Ospreys sitting on the Myers Hill nest platform in Lansing yesterday around 7:20pm. I did hear one at Salt Point on Sunday, but I believe it was already reported. Robyn Bailey -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys

2020-04-15 Thread Marty Schlabach
Mary Jean and I checked out the Osprey nests on Foots Corners Rd (#58) and Morgan Rd (#57) near Interlaken, in the town of Ovid about mid-day today. The Foots Corners Rd nest had one osprey perched on the nest. We chatted briefly with a neighbor and he indicated that two birds have been

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys

2020-04-01 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
Daughter, Becky Sewell, has been out checking osprey nests at the north end of Cayuga Lake from Aurora to MNWR &  on surrounding roads there & in Union Springs areas. As of Tues. she had found at least 21 ospreys & was told about 2 more Wed. 3/1 just south of Union Springs. Her FOY O was at

Re: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys seen on Cayuga

2020-03-22 Thread Karel V. Sedlacek
Nutter Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys seen on Cayuga Ospreys at the Salt Point nest in Lansing as well! On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 1:36 PM Candace E. Cornell mailto:cec...@gmail.com>> wrote: Ospreys have returned to the Myers' Hill nest in Lansing! Thank you to all the Osprey sighters! Can

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys seen on Cayuga

2020-03-22 Thread Candace E. Cornell
Ospreys at the Salt Point nest in Lansing as well! On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 1:36 PM Candace E. Cornell wrote: > Ospreys have returned to the Myers' Hill nest in Lansing! Thank you to all > the Osprey sighters! > Candace > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 8:47 PM Candace E. Cornell > wrote: > >> The

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys seen on Cayuga

2020-03-22 Thread Candace E. Cornell
Ospreys have returned to the Myers' Hill nest in Lansing! Thank you to all the Osprey sighters! Candace On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 8:47 PM Candace E. Cornell wrote: > The first two Ospreys seen on Cayuga Lake were reported today in the > afternoon, one around the Cass Park Rink and one just north

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys seen on Cayuga

2020-03-21 Thread Candace E. Cornell
The first two Ospreys seen on Cayuga Lake were reported today in the afternoon, one around the Cass Park Rink and one just north of Salt Point in Lansing. (Dave, do you have earlier dates?) I drove up to the end of the Cayuga Lake to look around as the Ospreys nesting on Osprey Alley ( Rts. 5/10

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys will arrive soon, please report nest sightings!

2020-03-04 Thread Candace E. Cornell

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys

2019-03-31 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
Thurs. afternoon 3/28/19, Becky Sewell & I birded Rte. 90 from Union Springs to 5 & 20, and 89 north to 31 (Mucklands where, for 35 min. we watched thousands of snow geese flying overhead towards Cayuga Lake). On the muck, are still many pintails & mallards. Coming back down 90 from Montezuma

[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ospreys are still rare. Here’s what might be mistaken for one

2019-03-18 Thread Ken Haas
: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Ospreys are still rare. Here’s what might be > mistaken for one > > Over the past several days there have been several reports of Ospreys. > > Candace Cornell, who has observed and compiled reports of the Ospreys nesting > around

[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ospreys are still rare. Here’s what might be mistaken for one

2019-03-18 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
on behalf of Dave Nutter Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 8:57 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Ospreys are still rare. Here’s what might be mistaken for one Over the past several days there have been several reports of Ospreys. Candace Cornell, who has observed and compiled reports

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys on Owasco and possibly Seneca Lakes

2018-04-24 Thread Candace Cornell
Ospreys have been seen regularly on Lake Owasco for the last two years (I saw one just yesterday) and I am trying to find the nests. There have also been a few sitings on Seneca Lake, but the only nests I can find there are the defunct ones at the Greenidge Power facility in Dresden. With the

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys harassed

2018-04-21 Thread Linda Orkin
Hey all. My daughter Jessica was at the dog park early this morning. She watched a man and his dog go right up to the base of the osprey nest and was pointing his camera straight up at them. They were quite agitated and left the nest and then returned vocalizing in distress. Jess was trying

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys at Footes Corners nest

2018-04-13 Thread Marty Schlabach
Today about 9:30am we drove by and saw two ospreys in the area of the Footes Corners osprey platform. One made several trips to the platform carrying nesting material. Footes Corners Road is just north of the village of Interlaken. It goes straight ahead, when rt 96 veers left. Marty (&

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys, Rte 89, Canoga

2018-04-12 Thread Sally Eller
Just spotted 2 Ospreys on the nest on NYSEG pole just south of Canoga on Rte 89! Sally Eller -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ospreys

2018-04-08 Thread psaracin
eler <carolk...@adelphia.net>, cayugabirds-l <cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ospreys Plastic saucers called nesting dishes are used extensively by utility companies throughout Florida to attract ospreys and eagles. Now, the National Grid is using them in Central NY. Unfor

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ospreys

2018-04-07 Thread Candace Cornell
> On Behalf Of Carol Keeler > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2018 10:22 AM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Ospreys > > Two ospreys on the beams on route 89 over the Clyde river and locks. Old > nest was removed and

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys

2018-04-06 Thread Carol Keeler
Two ospreys on the beams on route 89 over the Clyde river and locks. Old nest was removed and replaced with a metal disk. Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys, wren

2017-03-30 Thread Dave Nutter
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

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys at Union Field Mating in the Nest

2015-04-03 Thread Karel V. Sedlacek
In addition to the Osprey(s) lake fishing near the Treman Marina, two Os were fishing in the inlet yesterday afternoon around 4 PM. Today as we speak, 2 Os are mating in Union Fields Nest and a second male just attempted to mate. It on Livestream if you are interested. Karel V Sedlacek Senior

[cayugabirds-l] ospreys

2014-03-27 Thread Bill Mcaneny
Hi All. Just another thought, if I may. There was a time in my lifetime (OK, so it was a long time ago) that there was a large osprey colony on Gardiner's Island on Long Island. They nested ON THE GROUND. No need for platforms. Then came the first invasion of Herring Gulls. The unfortunate

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ospreys at Salt Point

2013-04-28 Thread Candace Cornell
Robyn Bailey, who helped put the platform up, is working with Steve on locating alternate sites for the fireworks. The CBC's Conservation Action Committee is supporting Robyn in her work and will help her in any way we can. Candace Cornell On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Donna Scott

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys at Salt Point

2013-04-27 Thread Candace Cornell
I've been watching the osprey pair at Salt Point everyday this week for a few hours a time. I've seen many attempted matings and a few seemingly successful tries. Their nest building is slow going. The male collects a few sticks every hour using the process John Greenly described so well on April

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ospreys-- salt point cleanup

2013-04-23 Thread Donna Scott
Two ospreys sitting on nest tray on Salt Pt pole at 6:30 pm. One eating a fish. Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On Apr 23, 2013, at 2:30 PM, John Greenly j...@cornell.edu wrote: Lots of Osprey activity at the new nest platform on Salt Point. Yesterday there were 4 birds in the area, lots of

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys at nest in Lansing

2013-04-05 Thread Robyn Bailey
Yesterday evening, I spotted 2 Ospreys at the nest platform on Portland Point (Cargill plant). One was in the nest, and the other was eating a very orange fish (koi?) just below. Robyn Bailey Lansing -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys get a new home

2012-05-31 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
From 31 May 2012 Ithaca Journal Ospreys get a new home http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201205301705/NEWS01/205300360 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys on nest at Hog Hole

2012-04-24 Thread M Kardon
11 AM 4/24/12, Two ospreys on nesting platform near Hog Hole. They were there for the whole hour of our walk. One brought some nesting material to the platform. Fred and Marsha Kardon -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys (re)claim Portland Point nest, Lansing

2010-04-09 Thread Dave Nutter
This morning I saw a pair of OSPREYS atop the nest on the power pole inside the mining compound visible from Portland Point Road, Lansing. The birds were copulating, then the male went to the ground and brought back a stick to add to the nest. This nest was fully made when I first saw it