Thanks for looking. The nest blew down in a wind storm and I guess they are
not going to replace it.
Candace
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Suan Yong suan.y...@gmail.com wrote:
Over the weekend I pulled over by those soccer fields but found no sign of
a nest.
Suan
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On Apr 22, 2014, at 9:39 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu
wrote:
I think someone, probably Chris Tessaglia-Hymes reported seeing an
Osprey carrying nesting material to one of the light fixtures of the foot
ball (?) field in East Hill. I think Anne Clarke also reported seeing one
in that area. I presume it may be the same pair/or bird possibly. I looked
at the map it seems BTI is half between Beebe Lake and the Game Farm road.
Distance seem to be just under a mile and half between the two points as an
Osprey flies!
So it may not be very far from the Ospreys point of view. And South end of
Cayuga Lake is about 2.5 miles, again as an Osprey flies.
I am blessed that Osprey has chosen that highway where BTI is on the way!
I am expecting to see more of them as the days progress with lots of fish!
I have also seen them hunting along Fall Creek in the past near Flat Rock
and beyond.
Cheers
Meena
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*From:* Candace Cornell cec...@gmail.com
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 22, 2014 9:19 PM
*To:* Marie P. Read; CAYUGABIRDS-L; geoklop...@gmail.com;
veery...@gmail.com; Meena Madhav Haribal
*Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] East Hill osprey
Thank you for reporting your osprey sightings—Has anyone been able to
see the nest they are building in the BTI area?
Geo said Apparently the promise of owning Beebe Lake as a mostly
private fishing reserve outweighs the longish commute! Ospreys are usually
not territorial about their fishing grounds because fish are a moving
resource that can't be easily defended. Their nests, however, are
stationary and are well-guarded by the adults as is the airspace around the
nest.
If there is a nest near BTI, it is not very far from Beebe Lake or
Cayuga Lake as the osprey flies. Ospreys prefer to live within 3.1
miles (3 km) of abundant food sources, but will travel further if they
must. As Marie pointed out, in areas with limited resources, some ospreys
will travel as far as 12 miles between their nests and food source. The
limiting resource for ospreys in our area is adequate nesting sites.
Since sturdy large, dead trees or tall live trees with open tops located
out in the open and close to adequate food resources are rare, ospreys must
depend on people to build osprey platforms.or take their chances nesting
on utility poles and light fixtures.
Eyes to the skies!
Candace
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edu wrote:
I think Osprey are prepared to go quite a distance from where they nest
to where they fish.
At Mono Lake (which has no fish) they fly sometimes 10 miles one way to
freshwater lakes to find food, repeating this several times a day when they
are feeding young. There are 10 or so pairs that nest on Mono Lake's
offshore tufa towers, which provide nest sites safe from terrestrial
predators. They find nest material much closer though.
Marie
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Freeville NY 13068 USA
Phone 607-539-6608
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From: bounce-114721412-5851...@list.cornell.edu [
bounce-114721412-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Asher Hockett [
veery...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 4:55 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] East Hill osprey
I wonder more about the selection of a nest site distant from the fishing
grounds. Is this a common thing among them?
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu
mailto:m...@cornell.edu wrote:
Hi all,
Today I saw at least three trips of osprey from behind BTI to Beebe lake
and back once with fish and once with stick. It seems it is a quite some
distance to go fishing and nest material collecting.
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