I saw it from lower lake rd in afternoon. Very distant. Looks closer from townline road at least from my scope view. Lighting is good from lower lake rd in afternoon. Morning lighting would be tough from lower lake rd. On Sep 22, 2016 8:31 AM, "Peter" <psara...@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> Folks - a question about the Booby. Is it more easily seen from Lower Lake > Rd. near Seneca Falls (west side of lake) or from the village of Cayuga > (east side of lake). > > Or perhaps it depends on the bird's mood? (smile) > > Thanks for the help. > > Pete Saracino > > On 9/20/2016 11:29 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > I had been out of town, so late this morning was my first chance to look > for the refound Brown Booby. I was successful. It was on the green channel > marker located at 42.88887,-76.72518. I first went to the location many > have described as "Townline Road" but some have had trouble locating > because there are Townline Roads along many township borders. To be more > informative, this refers to the Aurelius-Springport Townline Road next to > the railroad crossing of NYS-90 north of Union Springs. > > HOWEVER, going west from NYS-90 this is not a road. As I was pointedly > informed by the owner, Steve Talcott, it is a PRIVATE DRIVEWAY (in fact > there is a small sign to that effect near NYS-90). He does not appreciate > his land being taken for granted as if it were a public park. He would > appreciate being politely asked for permission to bird from there. His > number is 315-730-3571. Although the Booby was not being particularly > exciting or obvious I showed it to him and explained how special it is. He > granted permission by phone for a group of birders from Cornell, and > welcomed them, and when I left I believe we were on good terms. Please > don't screw it up. > > I stayed for over 3 hours hoping to see it fly and hunt. It didn't. The > light got worse. I took a break to get food from the Nice-n-Easy, and drive > to Lower Lake Road. The bird was still on the platform of the channel > marker and remained there for another 3 1/2 hours including sunset. Lazy > thing. I guess it did all its feeding and most of its preening earlier in > the morning. It did stand up and stretch a few times, so I know it has > proper wings. And it defecated several times, so presumably it has been > eating. So far I have no reason to believe it is unhealthy. It just > surprised me by how sedentary it was. Perhaps that's how it evaded > detection for almost 3 weeks. > > --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/>!* > -- > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7797 / Virus Database: 4656/13054 - Release Date: 09/20/16 > > > -- > *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/ --
