On Saturday the 21st, around 3pm, I saw an Osprey in the nest bw. Stewart Park and the Golf Course, on Fall Creek. It flew off to land on a large tree on the north edge of the golf course. Good to hear of the recent arrivals!
*Astrid Jirka* Director of Tourism Initiatives ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Discover Cayuga Lake - "Tourism with a Mission" www.discovercayugalake.org <http://discovercayugalake.org/> Tompkins Center for History & Culture, Suite 303 607-327-LAKE (5253) On Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 7:57 PM david nicosia (via CAYUGABIRDS-L list) < [email protected]> wrote: > We had our FOY Osprey in Broome County today. Bird was forced down from > heavy rain. It was heading north low over reservoir upper lisle county > park. > > Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer > <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_315_SearchOrgConquer_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002039&af_sub5=C01_Email_Static_&af_ios_store_cpp=0c38e4b0-a27e-40f9-a211-f4e2de32ab91&af_android_url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail&listing=search_organize_conquer> > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 8:33 AM, Dave Nutter (via CAYUGABIRDS-L list) > <[email protected]> wrote: > At the south end of Cayuga Lake there continue to be reports of a single > Osprey. On March 20th Jay McGowan saw one "circling around nest area over > creek". On Saturday the 21st there were multiple reports: from the south > end of the Black Diamond Trail, from AH Treman State Marine Park, from > Stewart Park, and from 4 members of a Cayuga Bird Club Conservation > Committee work crew in Lighthouse Point Natural Area (Jetty Woods). No one > reported more than one Osprey, nor did they pin it down as to where it was > spending its time, but Ann Mitchell on the work crew reported the Osprey > was carrying a fish. > > In Seneca County, where Osprey has seasonally ceased being considered > rare, there have been 2 additional reports in the Montezuma NWR area after > a hiatus since the 16th. Eleven people from the boards of the Iroquois and > Montezuma Friends Boards (public support groups for the refuges, not > necessarily Quakers) was allowed onto the Wildlife Drive before the general > public (who I believe will be allowed on 1 April), and 1 member of the > group, Christopher Hollister, submitted an eBird list including 1 Osprey, > simply noting "FOY". This morning, the 22nd, David Kennedy, a photographer > birder known for finding and splendidly documenting new arrivals in the > north end of the Basin, shared to the Montezuma chat group on Discord a > photo of an Osprey on a nest along 5&20 just west of the refuge entrance. > > I haven't seen or heard of any reports elsewhere in the Cayuga Basin, but > the day is young. > > > - - Dave Nutter > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information > Posting Address: [email protected] > Archives: > The Mail Archive: > //www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html" > class="hft-urls">https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > /maillist.html > Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at > http://www.ebird.org. > -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information > Posting Address: [email protected] > Archives: > The Mail Archive: //www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > <https:%3Ca%20href=>/maillist.html" class="hft-urls">https: > //www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at > http://www.ebird.org. > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information Posting Address: [email protected] Archives: The Mail Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org. --
