[cayugabirds-l] Osprey pair at nest, Cass Park Union Field, 3/25 sunset

[Dave Nutter]

This afternoon (25 March) about 4:45pm as I walked north past Union Field in 
Cass Park, I saw a pair of Ospreys flying around overhead, close together and 
quietly. The male carried a small fish. At one point the female briefly alit on 
the nest on the platform atop one of the poles for floodlights for the fields. 
On my return trip around sunset, I saw them settling in, one on the nest (the 
female) and one on the adjacent perch (the male). My photo is with the eBird 
report below.

In between, I walked around Allan Treman. Initially I saw an Osprey perched in 
the snag near NYS-89 west of the nest near the SW corner of the park, N of the 
maintenance building and Hangar Theater. Shortly after that, I saw perhaps the 
same Osprey flying E over the marina. I never saw a bird on that nest. However, 
later in my walk I saw an Osprey at first on the nest NW of the marina and then 
on its adjacent perch. Meanwhile I could see another Osprey hunting over Cayuga 
Lake. They did not interact. The Osprey soon left that platform and I did not 
see anyone at it afterward, but I did see an Osprey fly SE nearby that platform 
carrying a small fish. I did not check the nest at the NW corner of the golf 
course today. 

Yesterday (24 March) from the S end of the Black Diamond Trail I saw an Osprey 
flying south overhead, then turning left, passing over the small patch of 
woods, and perching atop one of the sets of floodlights for Union Fields, but 
not the set with the nest platform. Immediately a pair of American Crows 
perched on the same set and yelled a New York greeting. The Osprey ignored 
them, and they quickly went away. 

I was only at Allan Treman briefly yesterday. No Osprey was on or near the nest 
north of the maintenance building, and none was on the nest NW of the marina, 
but an Osprey arrived from the SE and circled over the marina awhile, looking 
down for fish. And as I went south again I saw an Osprey perched on another of 
the sets of lights at Union Field.

- - Dave Nutter

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> From: do-not-re...@ebird.org
> Date: March 25, 2024 at 10:28:08 PM EDT
> To: nutter.d...@mac.com
> Subject: eBird Report - NY:TOM:Ithaca: Cass Pk, Union Fields Osprey nest, Mar 
> 25, 2024
> 
> NY:TOM:Ithaca: Cass Pk, Union Fields Osprey nest, Tompkins, New York, US
> Mar 25, 2024 7:08 PM
> Protocol: Incidental
> Checklist Comments: Walking SB on CWTW, noticed Ospreys at/ on nest, not 
> surprising given earlier activity, paused to take photo.
> 1 species
> 
> Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  2 1 presumed female on nest & 1 presumed male 
> on perch of platform; one of them called briefly, I suspect the male. About 2 
> hours & 20 minutes earlier, as I walked NB past Union Fields, 1 saw 
> presumably the same 2 Ospreys flying closely together over & around the 
> field. The presumed male, who was a bit smaller and had a plainer white 
> breast, carried a small fish. The female did a touch & go at the nest. It’s 
> nice to see them settling in. This afternoon was the first time this year I 
> had seen 2 Ospreys at once, and they were even interacting. This evening is 
> the first I’ve seen a nest occupied by a pair.
> 
> View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S165998626
> 
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

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[cayugabirds-l] Cass Ospreys, FLNF broadwing??

[Suan Hsi Yong]

Around 4:30 today, there was one osprey occupying the nest north of
Hangar Theatre, and another osprey occupying the nest at Union Fields.

I was coming back from FLNF Parmenter Road trailheads where I heard
the squeal of a Broad-winged Hawk, followed by a few squeaks that
Merlin identified as Harris' Hawk :-). Given the time of year, my
guess would be that it was the work of a Blue Jay, but I heard no
further vocalization to confirm one way or another. Soon after a
Common Raven flew by carrying a reddish something and upon alighting
clicked a little. This fly-by did not trigger any vocalization or
visible movement of any bird that might have been the source of the
broadwing squeal.

Suan

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fish crows/Osprey nest

[Marie P. Read]

A pair of Fish Crows also seems to have taken up residence on the Osprey nest 
pole at the west side of Stewart Park, next to Fall Creek. It will be 
interesting to see what happens once the Osprey pair arrives! I did see one 
Osprey along the creek this morning, but none at the nest sites yet.
Marie

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Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 3:32 PM
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Fish crow

On top of utility pole at Island Fitness.
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[cayugabirds-l] Fish crow

[Laurie Rubin]

On top of utility pole at Island Fitness.

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[cayugabirds-l] Baldy

[David McDermitt]

Adult bald eagle at the Candor dam, perched in tree, same spot, this
morning.

Dave

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