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 Begin forwarded message: > 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) -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
