Wed. afternoon as daughter, Becky, was leaving the high school after donating blood
she glanced directly across Rte. 90 towards the village water dept. building. There
she saw a few sticks atop the power pole with 2 ospreys atop. She came & got me
since I'm about .6 mi. away. No birds were there for a few minutes but then one
came in carrying a fish & proceeded to eat it. Becky got pix of the bird on the "nest."
Last evening when we came from Auburn, we saw one osprey on the enlarged pile
of sticks. We fear that the nest is too precarious & will go down with a brisk wind.
Too bad we didn't see it earlier. The power lines end on their pole. Two transformers
are on that pole or one just a bit west of it. We fear their wings are going to hit the wires
so mayeb, Robyn can contact NYSEG about it.
NYSEG has put a new platform on the pole at the south edge of Cayuga where rubber
tubes were put on the lines last yr. to protect birds & wires. Two ospreys were there. We
saw numerous nests/birds on our trip to Seneca Falls. Usual along 5 & 20. One along the
river at the refuge seen from the bridge. One along the river along 89 near May's. One on
the low platform in North Pool along 89. One out in the field on the big power lines across
from Glenwood Farms Mennonite Store on 318. One on Gravel Rd. on the Seneca Falls side,
just off 318. One on the tower in the channel in Cayuga, behind Beacon Mills.
It was too dark to see if the osprey was on the nest at Harris Park. It definitely had more sticks
than a mo. ago. That nest was there last yr.. We saw birds on the nest just north of Union Springs
but again, too dark to see 2 other nests nearby or the one at Mud Lock. May check them tomorrow.
Of course, "our" big birds are back on Center St./No. one Rd.. Oh, yes.saw birds at Cayuga Lake
Farms south of Union Springs & also saw an eagle on the nest out west of Great Gully Farm.
Sooooooo ... that's 17 nests we know about!
Happy Easter all ....... Fritzie
she glanced directly across Rte. 90 towards the village water dept. building. There
she saw a few sticks atop the power pole with 2 ospreys atop. She came & got me
since I'm about .6 mi. away. No birds were there for a few minutes but then one
came in carrying a fish & proceeded to eat it. Becky got pix of the bird on the "nest."
Last evening when we came from Auburn, we saw one osprey on the enlarged pile
of sticks. We fear that the nest is too precarious & will go down with a brisk wind.
Too bad we didn't see it earlier. The power lines end on their pole. Two transformers
are on that pole or one just a bit west of it. We fear their wings are going to hit the wires
so mayeb, Robyn can contact NYSEG about it.
NYSEG has put a new platform on the pole at the south edge of Cayuga where rubber
tubes were put on the lines last yr. to protect birds & wires. Two ospreys were there. We
saw numerous nests/birds on our trip to Seneca Falls. Usual along 5 & 20. One along the
river at the refuge seen from the bridge. One along the river along 89 near May's. One on
the low platform in North Pool along 89. One out in the field on the big power lines across
from Glenwood Farms Mennonite Store on 318. One on Gravel Rd. on the Seneca Falls side,
just off 318. One on the tower in the channel in Cayuga, behind Beacon Mills.
It was too dark to see if the osprey was on the nest at Harris Park. It definitely had more sticks
than a mo. ago. That nest was there last yr.. We saw birds on the nest just north of Union Springs
but again, too dark to see 2 other nests nearby or the one at Mud Lock. May check them tomorrow.
Of course, "our" big birds are back on Center St./No. one Rd.. Oh, yes.saw birds at Cayuga Lake
Farms south of Union Springs & also saw an eagle on the nest out west of Great Gully Farm.
Sooooooo ... that's 17 nests we know about!
Happy Easter all ....... Fritzie
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