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 > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
