An Osprey flew over me this morning as I drove down Middaugh rd in
Brooktondale just off Coddington road. It lifted off from a nest on a
telephone pole right across from a small pond near the bend in the road.
The nest looks precarious as I didn't notice a platform, but maybe there is.
Dave
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For the past two years, osprey have nested on a cell phone tower that is
just south of the hamlet of Covert, on the east side of Rte 96. When I
looked earlier this year, the nest seemed to be missing but I didn't
stop and check carefully until today. There may be a few remnant
sticks, I'm
NYSEG crews have been trying to thwart the ospreys from building on the
Warren Road pole as this location presents a serious fire hazard. They hope
to erect an alternative pole nearby in the next few days in an effort to
move the birds. It is not the best place to raise a family, but the ospreys
That explains the flyover osprey when I was on Winthrop Dr. a couple of days
ago. And on Tuesday also, a bald eagle and a raven (chased off by two resident
crow families) over Muriel. The bald eagle was remarkably low! The raven
looked distinctly young, brownish and broken primaries.
Anne
The nest (new?) is atop a utility pole just past the Sheriff's Dept. on the
northbound side of Warren Rd. and opposite Borg-Warner. Passing by there
this afternoon I glimpsed just a bird's head.
Howard London
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This morning, as I was driving along Game Farm Road (East Hill, Ithaca) from
Ellis Hollow Road to Route 366, I observed an in-flight Osprey carrying a
stick. The bird landed atop one of the six floodlight poles for the Cornell
soccer fields closest to Ellis Hollow Road. Specifically, it landed
