Well, I'll be darned. It certainly does sound as if there were two raptor nests. They would have to be very close to each other. In fact, I was pretty certain I was looking at the same nest/location where I saw the adult owl about 10 days ago. The two nests must be really close. I'll have to go back to try to see both nests. I'm still not completely convinced I was looking at a different nest because in location and structure, it certainly looked like my memory of the owl nest.
Life is interesting. Cheers, John ________________________________________ From: bounce-119070192-25065...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-119070192-25065...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Dave Bulatek & Teresa Wagner Bulatek <bula...@twcny.rr.com> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 9:04 PM To: Noe Fernandez Pozo; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest - correction: owls there Thursday 4/16 morning. There is a Red-tailed hawk nest not far from the owls' nest. We have photos of the owls from Friday evening, April 17. Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Noe Fernandez Pozo" <noeis...@gmail.com> To: "CAYUGABIRDS-L" <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest - correction: owls there Thursday 4/16 morning. Hi, I saw the GHO on the nest today. Cheers, Noe > On Apr 19, 2015, at 7:19 PM, Susan Danskin <dans...@twcny.rr.com> 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 <pschmi...@gmail.com> 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 <m...@cornell.edu> 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 m...@cornell.edu >>> >>> 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: bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu >>> [bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read >>> [m...@cornell.edu] >>> 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 m...@cornell.edu >>> >>> 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: bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu >>> [bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of John Confer >>> [con...@ithaca.edu] >>> 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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