I think Osprey are prepared to go quite a distance from where they nest to where they fish. At Mono Lake (which has no fish) they fly sometimes 10 miles one way to freshwater lakes to find food, repeating this several times a day when they are feeding young. There are 10 or so pairs that nest on Mono Lake's offshore tufa towers, which provide nest sites safe from terrestrial predators. They find nest material much closer though.
Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail [email protected] http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake Basin A new book coming May 2014 http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/BOOKS/G0000ccYTIzOzsYA/I0000bcMn4rPRp58 ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Asher Hockett [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 4:55 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] East Hill osprey I wonder more about the selection of a nest site distant from the fishing grounds. Is this a common thing among them? On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi all, Today I saw at least three trips of osprey from behind BTI to Beebe lake and back once with fish and once with stick. It seems it is a quite some distance to go fishing and nest material collecting. -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
