Hi, I saw the GHO on the nest today.
Cheers, Noe > On Apr 19, 2015, at 7:19 PM, Susan Danskin <[email protected]> wrote: > > A friend sent me a photo of the chick in the nest time stamped 10:45 am > today. is it possible John’s group was looking at a different nest? I know > Gary K said he spent a bunch of time looking at the wrong nest a couple of > weeks ago. > Susan > > > > > >> On Apr 19, 2015, at 7:02 PM, Paul Schmitt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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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