Yesterday (14 Jan) at midday Ann Mitchell & I were at Cayuga Lake State Park,
near the northeast corner of the lake. We were there especially to visit the
rare overwintering Red-headed Woodpeckers (most people are thrilled to see one
adult, but Jay McGowan and a few other folks assure everyone t
Driving in my West Danby / Newfield neighborhood a few days ago, I turned east
from Vanbuskirk Road onto Bower Road, and came upon a second year Bald Eagle
standing on a fox in the middle of the road. Although one sees a lot of
road-killed foxes, the tableau strongly suggested that the Eagle had
As I was heading north on East Shore Drive around 10 this morning, I saw a
bald eagle soaring over the shoreline. Beautiful!
Judy
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A mature Bald Eagle just launched itself from one of my lake-cliff trees &
flushed about 55 C. Geese which were resting on the water below!
The geese flew out to middle of lake & eagle flew south.
Donna Scott
Lansing
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Yesterday from East Shore Park (RT 34 N just outside of Ithaca), I watched
an immature Bald Eagle unsuccessfully try to catch a female Mallard duck.
There where hundreds of ducks on Cayuga Lake in that area, but the Eagle
had isolated this hen. She would dive under the water while the Eagle
hovere
There is an eagle on 366 west of Game farm, across from McconvilleBarn, just
west of Tulip drive(?) Toward Cornell.
Suzanne Gervais
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Hi All,
This is a first for me, I’ve been a lurker for some time.
As I was driving down Bald Hill in Danby, less than a mile from 96B, on the
east side of the road was what I think is an immature Bald Eagle standing on
what I think is a deer carcass. I suppose it will return intermittently, as
Apparently there is a sizeable carcass of something in the middle of
a field on the south side of Kellys Corners Road, maybe 1/4 mile west
of Tunison. At 1:00 pm this afternoon, a vulture was feeding on it
and an adult Bald Eagle was standing 3-4 feet away, watching. The
instantaneous impression
Hi,
I'm up near Cortland today and remember someone telling me about an eagles nest
up the way. Does anyone know about this one? Where it may be found?
Thank you!
Rachel
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Meena asked me to post this announcement about the Eagle Huntress to the
listserv, with this note:
"I liked the film very much. It is shot beautifully and with due respect to
majestic golden eagles. The locals also treated the Golden Eagles with such
respect and after 7 years of being in captivity
Pete, that figure is loose and derived from decades of banding data from Cape
May
Point and elsewhere. It is the rough mortality figure used by PWRC and others
for
all raptors, not just eagles. As a point of interest, the return on raptor
bands is
quite high as opposed to passerines where it is
About 60-70% of young osprey and most other hawks perish in their first
year primarily due to starvation, although collisions, electrocutions,
hunting, and other hazards also befall them. Young eagles and hawks have to
learn to hunt for themselves and it is a steep learning curve. Many fail to
deve
one of the reasons that natural
> selection is so strong at weeding out "frivolous" behavior.
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> Kevin
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About 60-70% of young eagles perish in their
About 60-70% of young eagles perish in their first year primarily due to
starvation, although collisions, electrocutions, and other dangers also
befall them. Young eagles have a long adolescence to learning to hunt for
themselves and it is a steep learning curve. Birds that are slow to learn
do not
eeding out "frivolous" behavior.
Kevin
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Eagle Question
Howdy folks.
Am reading a very interesting, creative
Howdy folks.
Am reading a very interesting, creative book by Pete Dunne called "The
Wind MastersThe Lives Of North American Birds of Prey". Dunne takes
a very creative approach to teach us about these birds...the book reads
more like a novel! I highly recommend it but have a question.
I
Dear birding friends.
As one heads down toward Cayuga Lake on Weyers Point Rd. off of Rt. 89
(just north of Shelldrake)(about .7 of a mile down the
road from Rt. 89) one can see what I think is an eagle nest off along
the tree line across the field (as you look north).
On my wa
Fellow birders.
I was recently on Weyers Pt. road off Rt. 89 heading toward the lake
(Sheldrake area) and in the woods far to my left I saw what appears to
be a balk eagle nest. Can anyone verify that this nest is currently
being used?
Many thanks.
Pete Saracino
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I was at Montezuma this morning and when I got to Tschacke Pool there was an
eagle jam along the road. The Eagle was sitting right next to the tower It had
a plumage that I had never seen before. I assume it's an juvenile Bald Eagle.
Any idea what age?
http://www.pbase.com/carol_keeler_pho
March 30 - there is a Bald Eagle nest in the Town of Springport, at the
mouth of Great Gully Creek, just north of the Springport-Ledyard Townline.
I viewed nest today with scope from side of Rt 90, after parking at the
creek's off road area. Look to the lake, and the nest is visible in the
bare tre
An Eagle was on the 2nd nest yesterday.
Ann Mitchell
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On Feb 14, 2013, at 10:28 PM, Diana wrote:
> I remember when the eagles took over the nest from the osprey. When the
> osprey arrived back in town, there was a talon to talon fight into the water
> observed by one of the
Unlike Osprey that tend to dismiss nest proximity as populations grow, Bald
Eagles
in the east prefer a wide separation from other BAEA nests. It will be
interesting
to watch what happens here as the population of BAEA grows and how much
interspecies
tolerance with OSPR, as Diana mentioned, will
I remember when the eagles took over the nest from the osprey. When the osprey
arrived back in town, there was a talon to talon fight into the water observed
by one of the guys working. He said it happened just after the birders left. It
makes me wonder if there will some contention over that pr
I've been wondering that very thing. One day I was there and both eagles were
near their new nest. Down near the lock an immature eagle was perched in a
tree. The eagles came down and drove it off. I have a feeling they won't
tolerate any other bird in the old location, which is too bad.
Se
Many observers have noticed this new nest-building activity over the past several months. I think the question is, what will happen to the photogenic nest atop the pylon? Are there enough Bald Eagles around for another pair to use it? Would they even tolerate being so close? Will Ospreys reclaim it
Does it seem to others that the pair of eagles at the lock at the outlet
of Cayuga Lake has moved its nest to the south? I didn't see any
activity at the electric poles at the lock and the nest there seemed
shrunken. And, there is a large pile of sticks farther to the south in a
very large tree
Hi,
Right now there's a bald eagle in the tallest evergreen on the south side of
Beebe Lake.
Dick Feldman
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http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/one-more-eaglet/
Plug this link into Google to see a nice view of Decorah, Iowa Bald Eagle on
its new nesting material.
Captions with video are from last year, but I looked at this link a couple
weeks ago and there were just bare sticks and no bird in th
11:15 AM this morning. Nearing construction area by Cornell Community
Sainling Center, we
observed a mature bald eagle w/ an 18-20" fish in its talons fly low over the
road and land in a tree
nearby. Beautiful sight!
Tom Vawter
A. Thomas Vawter, Ph.D
Professor of Biology & Environmental St
About 1000 this morning, I was overjoyed to see the loving pair of TURKEY
VULTURES perched together on the ridge of the leaning barn in Slaterville
Springs. They had their wings sticking out about 4" and were soaking up the
morning sun on their breasts.
Farther along, on Harford Rd., I flushed
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