Well, I have photos of both chicks and adult from Saturday morning. This report does not match.
Paul Schmitt Sent from my iPad > On Apr 19, 2015, at 6:15 PM, Marie P. Read <[email protected]> wrote: > > Correction: I was at the GH Owl nest THURSDAY morning, around 9:00 am. One > adult and one large nestling were visible in the nest. > < I was there myself on Friday morning when the owls were definitely in > residence.> > > 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 Available here: > > http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/G0000NlCxX37uTzE/C0000BPFGij6nLfE > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf of Marie P. Read > [[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 6:08 PM > To: John Confer; CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest > > John Confer wrote: > > < We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned > Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight, there > was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some species > reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species in the same season? > If the red-tail is incubating, it must have started laying almost immediately > after the GHOW left, because it was there just two weeks ago. > > Well that is totally bizarre, because some friends of mine said they saw the > GH Owls on that nest Saturday afternoon (I think) and I was there myself on > Friday morning when the owls were definitely in residence. > > What happened? > > 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 Available here: > > http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/G0000NlCxX37uTzE/C0000BPFGij6nLfE > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf of John Confer > [[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 4:56 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L; John Confer > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy > > The warbler team had a moderately good day. We did not find many migrants: > one White-throated Sparrow as we were leaving the Lab and then a > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker calling as we got into the cars. The swan pen at > Stewart Park had few birds and the waterfront produced the more common > waterfowl. An ornithology class from Binghamton did find a Ruddy Duck, which > we missed. We heard and saw Fish Crow, at least 5 around the picnic tables > near the band shelter. We did hear the wheesey call and see glimpses of two > Blue-gray Gnatcatchers along the west band of Fall Creek. > > > We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned > Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight, there > was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some species > reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species in the same season? > If the red-tail is incubating, it must have started laying almost immediately > after the GHOW left, because it was there just two weeks ago. > > > Jetty Woods had ~30 cormorants distributed among two trees with a lot of > guano beneath them, suggesting several days stay. We had a fine view of a > flicker singing, if you call it that, and then later the same bird on the > ground, apparently eating ants. > > > Perhaps most enjoyably, we found a White-breasted Nuthatch pair carrying > material into a cavity in the end of a large, broken branch along the south > end of Jetty Woods. 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