On a historical note, while doing breeding bird surveys at the Seneca Army Depot in the early 1990s, I recall there was an Osprey nest on the lake there, which was one of the very few in the region at the time.
1980-1985 NY nesting: http://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/bba/bbaMaps.cfm?bndcode=OSPR&order=1&year=1985&comp=0 Bill E From: Candace Cornell Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 10:42 AM To: John and Fritzie Blizzard ; cayugabirds-l Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Osprey nests. Thank you so much Fritzie for rechecking and notating the exact locations of the osprey nests in your area. As I said in my earlier e-mail, I am trying to keep track of all the osprey nests on Cayuga Lake and am starting to collect information on Seneca Lake. Your list of active nests is invaluable to my efforts is greatly appreciated. Do you have any anecdotal data on how long these individual nests have been in use by ospreys? Any recollections, no matter how approximate, may be useful. I know you are very busy and will patiently await your reply. Meanwhile, I hope you are enjoying this delightful, albeit changeable, weather and the birds it brings. Eyes to the skies! Candace On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:56 PM, <job121...@verizon.net> wrote: These are all nests with visible birds. I went back twice to check. I'm swamped with work so will check on a couple other nests soon as I have time but not before the end of the mo. at the rate I'm going. Hope this helps/clarifies. Fritzie ****************************************************************************************************************** Rte. 90 .... Cayuga Lake Farms .. on the hill north of Levanna Rd. (farm sign is no longer there.) Union Springs .... Center St./Number One Rd. at NYSEG relay station. Union Springs ... Dildine Rd. at Hardy Rd. Union Springs ... Across from US High School driveway at village water dept.. Backus Rd. .... that goes to Hibiscus Harbor just north of Union Springs. Rte. 90 & Conners Rd..... Fire Lane 15/16 ... North of US. Rte. 90 .... Gorwydd. Fire Lane 17/18 ... North of US at lakeside by yellow house. Rte. 90 .... 1st fire lane north of the RR tracks. North of US. Rte. 90 ... south edge of Cayuga (new platform this yr.) Harris Park ... Cayuga. Mud Lock ... old tower nest. Rte. 5 & 20 ... east of Rte. 90 in tall power line pole, can be seen from intersection. Rte. 5 & 20 ... platform along Seneca R. seen from the bridge on right/north side. Rte. 5 & 20 ... 2 separate nests on power poles. Rte. 318 ... Glenwood Farms Mennonite store ... on power pole out in field across from store. Gravel Rd.... left side off Rte 318 ... on power pole. Rte. 89 .... North Pool on low platform (sometimes occupied by a Canada goose.) Rte. 89 .... west side of road seen from the bridge at May's. That's 19 confirmed occupied. Nests previously occupied, not occupied that I can confirm as of today: A 2nd one on Dildine Rd.. Beacon Mills in Cayuga. Nest was occupied last wk.. Wind has blown sticks off. I haven't checked Armitage Rd. but last yr. saw at least one nest. Another nest, now completely missing was at the lock at Mays. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/ --
