One soared and circled over the south-east edges of the Hile school wetland on Sunday. First I have seen this spring.
Anne Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 29, 2022, at 1:38 PM, Candace E. Cornell <cec...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Cayuga's Ospreys—they are back—at least most males are! (Females often arrive > a week or so later than the males.) The Spring Equinox, March 20, 2022, > marked the return of this year's breeding Cayuga Lake Ospreys from Ithaca to > Seneca Falls. Since then, experienced male breeders can be seen in the parks > and along roadways gathering sticks to refurbish their nests and defend them > from interlopers. Ithaca's Cass Park ballfield pair and the Seneca Falls' > Opera House pair were the first breeding pairs seen on their nests this year. > Females return at a slower pace than the males waiting for them at their > nest. Soon we'll hear many excited "Creee, creee, cree" > > Thank you to everyone who reports Osprey sightings and nest locations during > the breeding season. There are over 170 Osprey nests located in the Finger > Lakes, concentrated around Cayuga and Seneca Lakes, and it is becoming one of > the largest inland populations in the eastern US. Nest spotters and monitors > are needed throughout the Finger Lakes to help survey this growing > population. This data is used to track population growth, fecundity, and nest > preferences as well as environmental changes. Email me if you would like to > participate in this study. Again, my thanks. > > (Please send reports of Ospreys to cec...@gmail.com as well as Ebird). > > Eyes to the sky! > Candace > > Candace E. Cornell > Friends of Salt Point > Lansing, NY > Cayuga Lake Osprey Network > cec...@gmail.com > > > > EYES TO THE SKY! > > WATCH! > Salt Point Osprey Nest Cam > > READ! > On Osprey Time: Ospreys of Salt Point > > VISIT! > Cayuga Lake Osprey Trail > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to 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/ --
