[cayugabirds-l] Bird club trip addendum

[Dave Nutter]

Suan’s Cayuga Bird Club trip ended at Seybolt & Reese Roads in Fayette 
Township, where we watched Eastern Bluebirds and a Snowy Owl. But on our way 
home I asked my carpool if it was okay to make a slight detour to check on the 
Bald Eagle nest in Ulysses. 

I had last checked it with Ann Mitchell on 21 January just after she saw 2 
adult Bald Eagles headed in that direction, and indeed we saw both adults on 
the nest. I was curious what the current situation was. Ken parked nearby, and 
he and Leigh & I walked to where I could scope the nest. Leigh noticed right 
away a backlit Bald Eagle perched just above the nest. But the shocker to me 
was that it was an immature. What was it doing here? It was several months too 
soon for a full sized-juvenile to be climbing about in the tree. 

A closer look revealed it to be not an all-chocolate colored juvenile but to 
have some whitish in a triangle on the upper back and the start of an 
Osprey-like pattern of a dark mask with whitish above & below on the face. I’m 
guessing it was a second-year bird. 

Still, why? And where were the adults of this long-successful nest? They were 
clearly still in possession a month ago. The immature Bald Eagle flew in a 
small circle and landed elsewhere in the nest tree. Perhaps it flushed because 
I was fussing with my scope trying to photograph it, which sent flashes of 
bright color at it. It was now harder to get both the bird and the nest in view 
at once for a photo. 

As I aimed the scope again I noticed an eye peering through the top branches of 
the nest rim. An adult bald eagle, presumably the female, was lying down in the 
nest to incubate. And she tolerated this young bird on the nest tree. My guess 
is that the young mostly-independent bird was visiting its parents. Maybe it 
does so regularly. And maybe it gets a chance to partake of the food which Dad 
brings for Mom and eventually for this year’s young. I have no idea if this is 
a common practice or even if the interpretation is correct.  

I rejected a different idea, that a second-year bird would be able to displace 
or replace one member of a mated pair of adults.

- - Dave Nutter
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Woodcock Peenting

[Eben McLane]

OOB: woodcock also in Owasco basin. Very Early.

On Feb 25, 2018 6:41 PM, "Ken Haas"  wrote:

> Yesterday, Dave Nutter was riding with me as we participated in Suan’s CBC
> field trip around the lake. Great trip, by the way many thanks to Suan and
> others. Dave suggested that I start listening for woodcock by the field
> next to where I live - just West of Mecklenberg on Rt. 79. So, 6:25PM this
> evening, I walked down the road to the field and PRESTO! There he was and I
> could hear him peenting clearly. Thanks Dave. Looks like Spring is trying
> to poke through Winter’s shroud.
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> Ken Haas
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[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock Peenting

[Ken Haas]

Yesterday, Dave Nutter was riding with me as we participated in Suan’s CBC 
field trip around the lake. Great trip, by the way many thanks to Suan and 
others. Dave suggested that I start listening for woodcock by the field next to 
where I live - just West of Mecklenberg on Rt. 79. So, 6:25PM this evening, I 
walked down the road to the field and PRESTO! There he was and I could hear him 
peenting clearly. Thanks Dave. Looks like Spring is trying to poke through 
Winter’s shroud.

Ken Haas


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Rosebreasted Grosbeak!?!

[Linda Orkin]

 I’d say a singing rose-breasted grosbeak on February 25 is extremely unusual. 

Wow. 

Linda Orkin.
Ithaca  ny. 

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> A male Rosebreasted Grosbeak just flew into the red maple in front of me as 
> we pulled into our driveway. Is this unusually early?
> He is singing as I type!
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[cayugabirds-l] Rosebreasted Grosbeak!?!

[cl...@juno.com]

A male Rosebreasted Grosbeak just flew into the red maple in front of me as we 
pulled into our driveway. Is this unusually early?He is singing as I type! 
Colleen Richards

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