RE: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR Purple Gallinules 4 May 2023

2023-05-08 Thread Deb Grantham 
That osprey nest near Buttonwood Winery is the one I reported last weekend or 
so! There was an osprey on the perch but I didn’t see any nest building action 
although it looked as if there were some nest materials already there.

Deb


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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR Purple Gallinules 4 May 2023

Sorry for the late post. Last Thursday, 4 May 2023, daughter Becky & I saw 2 
purple gallinules at MNWR in the first "pool" after the turn along the Thruway.
We spent that afternoon checking on osprey nests for Candace Cornell's project 
& found new ones down the west side of Cayuga Lake.
The one reported near Buttonwood Winery on Rte. 89 is actually the Dean's Cove 
nest which I found first, according to my records, on 27 April 1999! The 
original occupied nest was atop the bare utility pole cross-arm. After NYSEG 
put a riser platform on the pole, the ospreys never again built a nest on it 
until the end of this April. We had been down that way on 1 May  & saw one of 
the birds carrying grass to line the nest. Whoopee!!  Finally.  On 4 May, both 
birds were on the nest.

We saw a VERY rare sight, on our travels ... a female pheasant.
Becky also saw a big brown bat here at home.
A calling male pheasant was again up behind our house on Sat. a.m..

Fritzie, in sunny Union Springs, NY










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Re: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR Purple Gallinules 4 May 2023

2023-05-08 Thread Jay McGowan 
Hi Fritzie,
That's an extremely rare bird that hundreds of birders across the state
would have been interested to hear about. Could you provide some more
details about age, field marks, and any behavior?

Jay

On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 4:08 PM job121...@verizon.net 
wrote:

> Sorry for the late post. Last Thursday, 4 May 2023, daughter Becky & I saw
> 2 *purple* *gallinules* at MNWR in the first "pool" after the turn along
> the Thruway.
> We spent that afternoon checking on osprey nests for Candace Cornell's
> project & found new ones down the west side of Cayuga Lake.
> The one reported near Buttonwood Winery on Rte. 89 is actually the Dean's
> Cove nest which I found first, according to my records, on *27 April
> 1999!* The original occupied nest was atop the bare utility pole
> cross-arm. After NYSEG put a riser platform on the pole, the ospreys never
> again built a nest on it until the end of this April. We had been down that
> way on 1 May  & saw one of the birds carrying grass to line the nest.
> Whoopee!!  Finally.  On 4 May, both birds were on the nest.
>
> We saw a VERY rare sight, on our travels ... a *female* pheasant.
> Becky also saw a big brown bat here at home.
> A calling male pheasant was again up behind our house on Sat. a.m..
>
> Fritzie, in sunny Union Springs, NY
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> Fritzie B
> Union Springs.NY
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