[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Lake Osprey Trail

[Karen Edelstein]

Since Dave Nutter referenced this the other day, I just wanted to remind
everyone about the interactive map I created a few years ago with Candace
Cornell. The URL changed since the original version so please update any
bookmark you might have had.  Here's the handy, shortened URL:
http://tinyurl.com/CLospreys

Still a work in progress, as more platforms are put in place and discovered.

As Candace says: "Eyes to the skies". It was great to see a few this
evening that had recently returned to Salt Point.

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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club April 9 meeting

[cl...@juno.com]

The Cayuga Bird Club will be holding their April meeting on Monday, April 9 at 
7:30 pm with cookies & conversation at 7:15. Our speaker, Paul Guris, founder 
of See Life Paulagics, Pelagic Birding Tours, will present "Pelagic 
Discoveries: Birding the Mid-Atlantic and New York Waters. Over the years, See 
Life's trips have turned up a number of pelagic discoveries including rarities, 
high counts, identification tips, habitat requirements, and behavioral traits. 
This program will explore a range of these discoveries in the Mid-Atlantic, 
particularly in the New York area. Examples include rarities like Western Gull 
and Fea's Petrel. Birds like Band-rumped Storm-Petrels, once considered to be 
incredibly rare in our area, turn out to be regular and even expected in the 
right areas at the right time of year. Dovekies have a highly specialized 
requirement for feeding that makes them generally easy to find.
 
 Don't expect a dry, data-driven presentation, do expect a lot of photos, and 
do expect a fair share of not-so-serious moments.Paul Guris has been birding 
since age 12, which is longer ago than he cares to admit. His first boat trip 
on salt water was in his mother's third trimester. He has traveled the nation 
and several countries in Central America and Europe seeking out landbirds, but 
the pelagic species always call him back. He has served on both Pennsylvania 
and New Jersey's rare bird records committees, captained the multi-year NJ 
Audubon World Series of Birding winning team, the Nikon/DVOC Lagerhead Shrikes, 
and served a variety of positions, including president of the over 125-year-old 
Delaware Valley Ornithological Club.Paul organized pelagic trips out of New 
Jersey as far back as the mid-1980s and he has led for several other tour 
companies. In 2002, Paul and his wife Anita started their own pelagic tour 
company called See Life Paulagics to provide greater opportunities in the 
Mid-Atlantic region. They run trips sailing out of New York, New Jersey, 
Delaware, and occasionally other places. The thrill of discovery and a love of 
the sea keep the excitement going even after all these years.Cayuga Bird Club 
meetings start at 7:30 pm, the second Monday of every month. Doors open at 7:00 
pm and all meetings are open to the public. Seating is limited; if room 
capacity is reached, the building will be locked, so come 
early!~~~Club members 
are invited to join Paul and his wife for dinner at the Taste of Thai Express 
restaurant on Rt. 13 N. at 5:30 pm before the meeting. Please rsvp to 
cl...@juno.com by Monday noon so we can place our reservation.Looking forward 
to seeing you all at the meeting on Monday.
Colleen Richards  Cayuga Bird Club  Corresponding Secretary

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Ospreys, and other stuff

[marsha kardon]

Walking with Barbara Bauer in Cass Park today between 1 and 2:15 we saw
three ospreys flying near the platform that is in what I think is Union
Field.  Two of them seemed to be interacting, possibly aggressively; one
would land on a light, and the other would fly over and land there and the
first would fly away.  This happened repeatedly.  The third one didn't seem
to engage in this behavior, but flew around the area while this happened,
occasionally landing on the nest.  We continued on to Hogs Hole, and there
was one osprey on that nest.  I can't be sure that it wasn't one of the
ones we saw at Union Field, though we didn't see it fly overhead while we
were walking there. Marsha Kardon

On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 8:49 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:

> This morning (31 March) I went to Mount Pleasant, joined by Ann Mitchell
> and later Gary Kohlenberg. We were all hoping the south wind would bring
> migrating raptors.
>
> Local birds included singles and pairs of Red-tailed Hawks near & far, an
> occasional Common Raven (including one who was accompanied/chased for
> awhile by a Red-tail who mimicked its every move), Turkey Vultures,
> Killdeer, an Eastern Meadowlark that visited the single tree near the
> observatory, an American Kestrel hovering over the valley between Mt
> Pleasant’s twin “peaks”, a possible distant Red-shouldered Hawk, a large
> Accipiter in deep-flapping display flight far to the south, and American
> Crows busy flying back and forth and tormenting any Raven they found.
>
> Migrants included a flock of 14 Great Blue Herons, a few small flocks of
> Canada Geese (<100 birds in 3 hours), lots of small flocks of Common
> Grackles and a few flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds (in addition to a
> near-constant background of scattered northbound Icterids), American Robins
> singly or in small flocks, small flocks of roaming Horned Larks with 3
> probable American Pipits near or among them.
>
> Migrant raptors were few: a couple Turkey Vultures, a couple Red-tailed
> Hawks, at least one Cooper’s Hawk, and a Northern Harrier. Among the best
> was a northbound OSPREY (year bird for me!) passing to the west of us.
> Perhaps it was bound for some nest in the basin, but evidently not down in
> Ithaca.
>
> When I got home, I decided to heed Candace’s call to keep track of Osprey
> nests. I took a quick bike ride around Cass Park combined with a walk
> around Treman Marina. In short order I saw one Osprey flying south past the
> Children’s Garden hunting over Cayuga Inlet, even though the water was
> muddy and a racing crew meet was underway.
>
> I continued north on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail. No Ospreys were perched
> at or near the Union Field nest, nor the Hog’s Hole nest platform, nor the
> Newman Golf Course nest platform.
>
> But the Treman Marina nest (#59 on the Osprey Trail) had one Osprey on the
> nest and a second Osprey on one of the attached perches. They stayed there
> during the time I walked the path around the field. I also saw 3 Tree
> Swallows over the field, two of which perched atop nest boxes for awhile.
> The south end of the lake is muddy from yesterday’s rain, so waterbirds
> were few. A Double-crested Cormorant on the snag in the lake east of the
> White Lighthouse appeared to be too dark and too high out of the water to
> be the injured immature who overwintered.
>
> When I got back to the Parks office by the mouth of the marina, I heard an
> Osprey call: it was hunting over the marina. I looked back at the Treman
> Marina platform, and it was empty. A little later I saw an Osprey
> apparently over Fall Creek near Renwick Wildwood. As I passed Union Fields,
> I saw an Osprey overhead near the Inlet, but not associated with that nest.
>
> So, I saw at least 2 Ospreys, and they acted liked they owned a nest. As
> for all the single-bird-in-flight sightings, I don’t know whether they mean
> there were 4 Ospreys, or whether all my observations simply demonstrate
> that I cannot keep track of one large easy-to-ID bird. Regardless, I am
> confident that Ithaca again has Ospreys.
>
> - - Dave Nutter
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Ospreys, and other stuff

[tfrank]

Yes on the nest at Dryden lake. I've been taking pix of their nest building 
over the past few weeks. One is banded on both legs, one blue band and one 
silver band. It's a pretty small nest, in the pine trees. 

Tom

 "Kevin J. McGowan"  wrote: 
> Bald Eagles are apparently on a nest at the south end of Dryden Lake, with at 
> least 2 or 3 immatures staying in the area. That might be a damper on Osprey 
> nesting there.
> 
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> Kevin J. McGowan
> 
> 
> 
> From: bounce-122435459-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
>  on behalf of Candace Cornell 
> 
> Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 6:56 PM
> To: Dave Nutter; CAYUGABIRDS-L; Cynthia L. Sedlacek
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Ospreys, and other stuff
> 
> I have to correct my email from yesterday. The pair at Cargill have been at 
> the nest since March 31.
> 
> I saw an osprey sitting on the Church Hill nest in Lansing for a few minutes 
> today, but it flew and didn't return. Orpheus and Ophelia at Salt Point are 
> working on their nest, but also adding a few sticks to the unclaimed Salmon 
> Creek nest. They can't help themselves, they are compulsive nest builders. 
> The empty nest boxes will get occupied eventually.
> 
> From yesterdays drive-by survey of over 100 nests, many corroborated by 
> reports from the Sedlaceks, Becky Sewell, Dave Nutter, and others, I estimate 
> well over one-third of the Cayuga Lake Basin pairs had returned by April 1, 
> 2018. By next weekend, most will have arrived. Some of the empty nest 
> platforms will hopefully be claimed by young pairs during the next three 
> weeks.
> 
> Thanks for everyone's help! Keep reporting your sightings.
> 
> Eyes to the sky!
> Candace
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 9:48 AM, Candace Cornell 
> > wrote:
> Thank you Dave and Cindy to everyone for reporting yesterday's arrival of the 
> ospreys. We should see most ospreys returning to their nests in the next two 
> weeks. Unmated adult birds will also be checking out vacant nest boxes and 
> vying for mates. Young osprey, hoping to breed, usually arrive a week or so 
> after the adult wave, many acting like intruders and pestering nesting pairs.
> 
> So far Olive and Olin have returned to their McGovern Fields, Ophelia and 
> Orpheus to Salt Point, the Treman Marine Park pair are on the nest, as well 
> as the Union Fields ospreys. I have not seen the Cargil pair yet, but the 
> always arrive at least a day before the Salt Point ospreys and are probably 
> here.
> 
> Keep you eyes on the vacant nest platforms at Dryden Lake, Taughannock Park, 
> and in Ithaca (the suspension bridge nest in Stewart Park, Hog's Hole, Newman 
> Golf Course, and Cherry St.).  Around Lansing, there are vacant platforms at 
> Millikan Station, Salmon Creek at Salt Point, Church Hill, and two on 
> Portland Point. At least a few of these will be utilized this year.
> 
> Keep your eyes to the sky and please keep reporting any ospreys you see 
> nesting!
> 
> Many thanks,
> Candace
> 
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 8:49 PM, Dave Nutter 
> > wrote:
> This morning (31 March) I went to Mount Pleasant, joined by Ann Mitchell and 
> later Gary Kohlenberg. We were all hoping the south wind would bring 
> migrating raptors.
> 
> Local birds included singles and pairs of Red-tailed Hawks near & far, an 
> occasional Common Raven (including one who was accompanied/chased for awhile 
> by a Red-tail who mimicked its every move), Turkey Vultures, Killdeer, an 
> Eastern Meadowlark that visited the single tree near the observatory, an 
> American Kestrel hovering over the valley between Mt Pleasant’s twin “peaks”, 
> a possible distant Red-shouldered Hawk, a large Accipiter in deep-flapping 
> display flight far to the south, and American Crows busy flying back and 
> forth and tormenting any Raven they found.
> 
> Migrants included a flock of 14 Great Blue Herons, a few small flocks of 
> Canada Geese (<100 birds in 3 hours), lots of small flocks of Common Grackles 
> and a few flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds (in addition to a near-constant 
> background of scattered northbound Icterids), American Robins singly or in 
> small flocks, small flocks of roaming Horned Larks with 3 probable American 
> Pipits near or among them.
> 
> Migrant raptors were few: a couple Turkey Vultures, a couple Red-tailed 
> Hawks, at least one Cooper’s Hawk, and a Northern Harrier. Among the best was 
> a northbound OSPREY (year bird for me!) passing to the west of us. Perhaps it 
> was bound for some nest in the basin, but evidently not down in Ithaca.
> 
> When I got home, I decided to heed Candace’s call to keep track of Osprey 
> nests. I took a quick bike ride around Cass Park combined with a walk around 
> Treman Marina. In short order I saw one Osprey flying south past the 
> Children’s 

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Ospreys, and other stuff

[Kevin J. McGowan]

Bald Eagles are apparently on a nest at the south end of Dryden Lake, with at 
least 2 or 3 immatures staying in the area. That might be a damper on Osprey 
nesting there.


Kevin


Kevin J. McGowan



From: bounce-122435459-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
 on behalf of Candace Cornell 

Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 6:56 PM
To: Dave Nutter; CAYUGABIRDS-L; Cynthia L. Sedlacek
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Ospreys, and other stuff

I have to correct my email from yesterday. The pair at Cargill have been at the 
nest since March 31.

I saw an osprey sitting on the Church Hill nest in Lansing for a few minutes 
today, but it flew and didn't return. Orpheus and Ophelia at Salt Point are 
working on their nest, but also adding a few sticks to the unclaimed Salmon 
Creek nest. They can't help themselves, they are compulsive nest builders. The 
empty nest boxes will get occupied eventually.

>From yesterdays drive-by survey of over 100 nests, many corroborated by 
>reports from the Sedlaceks, Becky Sewell, Dave Nutter, and others, I estimate 
>well over one-third of the Cayuga Lake Basin pairs had returned by April 1, 
>2018. By next weekend, most will have arrived. Some of the empty nest 
>platforms will hopefully be claimed by young pairs during the next three weeks.

Thanks for everyone's help! Keep reporting your sightings.

Eyes to the sky!
Candace



On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 9:48 AM, Candace Cornell 
> wrote:
Thank you Dave and Cindy to everyone for reporting yesterday's arrival of the 
ospreys. We should see most ospreys returning to their nests in the next two 
weeks. Unmated adult birds will also be checking out vacant nest boxes and 
vying for mates. Young osprey, hoping to breed, usually arrive a week or so 
after the adult wave, many acting like intruders and pestering nesting pairs.

So far Olive and Olin have returned to their McGovern Fields, Ophelia and 
Orpheus to Salt Point, the Treman Marine Park pair are on the nest, as well as 
the Union Fields ospreys. I have not seen the Cargil pair yet, but the always 
arrive at least a day before the Salt Point ospreys and are probably here.

Keep you eyes on the vacant nest platforms at Dryden Lake, Taughannock Park, 
and in Ithaca (the suspension bridge nest in Stewart Park, Hog's Hole, Newman 
Golf Course, and Cherry St.).  Around Lansing, there are vacant platforms at 
Millikan Station, Salmon Creek at Salt Point, Church Hill, and two on Portland 
Point. At least a few of these will be utilized this year.

Keep your eyes to the sky and please keep reporting any ospreys you see nesting!

Many thanks,
Candace

On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 8:49 PM, Dave Nutter 
> wrote:
This morning (31 March) I went to Mount Pleasant, joined by Ann Mitchell and 
later Gary Kohlenberg. We were all hoping the south wind would bring migrating 
raptors.

Local birds included singles and pairs of Red-tailed Hawks near & far, an 
occasional Common Raven (including one who was accompanied/chased for awhile by 
a Red-tail who mimicked its every move), Turkey Vultures, Killdeer, an Eastern 
Meadowlark that visited the single tree near the observatory, an American 
Kestrel hovering over the valley between Mt Pleasant’s twin “peaks”, a possible 
distant Red-shouldered Hawk, a large Accipiter in deep-flapping display flight 
far to the south, and American Crows busy flying back and forth and tormenting 
any Raven they found.

Migrants included a flock of 14 Great Blue Herons, a few small flocks of Canada 
Geese (<100 birds in 3 hours), lots of small flocks of Common Grackles and a 
few flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds (in addition to a near-constant background 
of scattered northbound Icterids), American Robins singly or in small flocks, 
small flocks of roaming Horned Larks with 3 probable American Pipits near or 
among them.

Migrant raptors were few: a couple Turkey Vultures, a couple Red-tailed Hawks, 
at least one Cooper’s Hawk, and a Northern Harrier. Among the best was a 
northbound OSPREY (year bird for me!) passing to the west of us. Perhaps it was 
bound for some nest in the basin, but evidently not down in Ithaca.

When I got home, I decided to heed Candace’s call to keep track of Osprey 
nests. I took a quick bike ride around Cass Park combined with a walk around 
Treman Marina. In short order I saw one Osprey flying south past the Children’s 
Garden hunting over Cayuga Inlet, even though the water was muddy and a racing 
crew meet was underway.

I continued north on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail. No Ospreys were perched at or 
near the Union Field nest, nor the Hog’s Hole nest platform, nor the Newman 
Golf Course nest platform.

But the Treman Marina nest (#59 on the Osprey Trail) had one Osprey on the nest 
and a second Osprey on one of the attached perches. They stayed there during 
the time I 

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Ospreys, and other stuff

[Candace Cornell]

I have to correct my email from yesterday. The pair at Cargill have been at
the nest since March 31.

I saw an osprey sitting on the Church Hill nest in Lansing for a few
minutes today, but it flew and didn't return. Orpheus and Ophelia at Salt
Point are working on their nest, but also adding a few sticks to the
unclaimed Salmon Creek nest. They can't help themselves, they are
compulsive nest builders. The empty nest boxes will get occupied eventually.

>From yesterdays drive-by survey of over 100 nests, many corroborated by
reports from the Sedlaceks, Becky Sewell, Dave Nutter, and others, I
estimate well over one-third of the Cayuga Lake Basin pairs had returned by
April 1, 2018. By next weekend, most will have arrived. Some of the empty
nest platforms will hopefully be claimed by young pairs during the next
three weeks.

Thanks for everyone's help! Keep reporting your sightings.

Eyes to the sky!
Candace



On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 9:48 AM, Candace Cornell  wrote:

> Thank you Dave and Cindy to everyone for reporting yesterday's arrival of
> the ospreys. We should see most ospreys returning to their nests in the
> next two weeks. Unmated adult birds will also be checking out vacant nest
> boxes and vying for mates. Young osprey, hoping to breed, usually arrive a
> week or so after the adult wave, many acting like intruders and pestering
> nesting pairs.
>
> So far Olive and Olin have returned to their McGovern Fields, Ophelia and
> Orpheus to Salt Point, the Treman Marine Park pair are on the nest, as
> well as the Union Fields ospreys. I have not seen the Cargil pair yet,
> but the always arrive at least a day before the Salt Point ospreys and are
> probably here.
>
> Keep you eyes on the vacant nest platforms at Dryden Lake, Taughannock
> Park, and in Ithaca (the suspension bridge nest in Stewart Park, Hog's
> Hole, Newman Golf Course, and Cherry St.).  Around Lansing, there are
> vacant platforms at Millikan Station, Salmon Creek at Salt Point, Church
> Hill, and two on Portland Point. At least a few of these will be utilized
> this year.
>
> Keep your eyes to the sky and please keep reporting any ospreys you see
> nesting!
>
> Many thanks,
> Candace
>
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 8:49 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:
>
>> This morning (31 March) I went to Mount Pleasant, joined by Ann Mitchell
>> and later Gary Kohlenberg. We were all hoping the south wind would bring
>> migrating raptors.
>>
>> Local birds included singles and pairs of Red-tailed Hawks near & far, an
>> occasional Common Raven (including one who was accompanied/chased for
>> awhile by a Red-tail who mimicked its every move), Turkey Vultures,
>> Killdeer, an Eastern Meadowlark that visited the single tree near the
>> observatory, an American Kestrel hovering over the valley between Mt
>> Pleasant’s twin “peaks”, a possible distant Red-shouldered Hawk, a large
>> Accipiter in deep-flapping display flight far to the south, and American
>> Crows busy flying back and forth and tormenting any Raven they found.
>>
>> Migrants included a flock of 14 Great Blue Herons, a few small flocks of
>> Canada Geese (<100 birds in 3 hours), lots of small flocks of Common
>> Grackles and a few flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds (in addition to a
>> near-constant background of scattered northbound Icterids), American Robins
>> singly or in small flocks, small flocks of roaming Horned Larks with 3
>> probable American Pipits near or among them.
>>
>> Migrant raptors were few: a couple Turkey Vultures, a couple Red-tailed
>> Hawks, at least one Cooper’s Hawk, and a Northern Harrier. Among the best
>> was a northbound OSPREY (year bird for me!) passing to the west of us.
>> Perhaps it was bound for some nest in the basin, but evidently not down in
>> Ithaca.
>>
>> When I got home, I decided to heed Candace’s call to keep track of Osprey
>> nests. I took a quick bike ride around Cass Park combined with a walk
>> around Treman Marina. In short order I saw one Osprey flying south past the
>> Children’s Garden hunting over Cayuga Inlet, even though the water was
>> muddy and a racing crew meet was underway.
>>
>> I continued north on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail. No Ospreys were perched
>> at or near the Union Field nest, nor the Hog’s Hole nest platform, nor the
>> Newman Golf Course nest platform.
>>
>> But the Treman Marina nest (#59 on the Osprey Trail) had one Osprey on
>> the nest and a second Osprey on one of the attached perches. They stayed
>> there during the time I walked the path around the field. I also saw 3 Tree
>> Swallows over the field, two of which perched atop nest boxes for awhile.
>> The south end of the lake is muddy from yesterday’s rain, so waterbirds
>> were few. A Double-crested Cormorant on the snag in the lake east of the
>> White Lighthouse appeared to be too dark and too high out of the water to
>> be the injured immature who overwintered.
>>
>> When I got back to the Parks office by the mouth of the 

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey Talk Wed. April 4, 7pm

[Candace Cornell]

The public is welcome to attend my talk on ospreys this Wednesday, April 4,
at 7 pm. in the auditorium at Kendal. I'll concentrate on the basic life
histories of ospreys in the Cayuga Basin and at Lansing's Salt Point. I've
collected beautiful photographs so it should be visually entertaining.

The ospreys are back!

Eyes to the sky!
Candace

Please email me with all reports of osprey nests you see in the Finger
Lakes and across NY, which are not on the Cayuga Lake Osprey Trail
.
Please include the location and/or GPS coordinates. The information we
obtain is used to help protect and conserve ospreys, our primary
bio-indicators of our water quality and the health of the environment.
Thank you for helping in our osprey surveying efforts.

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*New York
   
   - Syracuse
   - April 02, 2018
   - NYSY 04.02.18




Hotline: Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert

Dates: March 26 - April 02

To report by email: brinjoseph AT yahoo DOT com

Reporting upstate counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida, Herkimer, 
Cayuga, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands complex

compiled: April 02 AT 2:30 p.m. EDT

compiler: Joseph Brin

Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondgaaudubon.org







Greetings: This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week on March 26, 
2018




Highlights:




ROSS’S GOOSE

CACKLING GOOSE

EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL

EURASIAN WIGEON

GOLDEN EAGLE

NORTHERN GOSHAWK

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL

ICELAND GULL

SNOWY OWL

SHORT-EARED OWL

LONG-EARED OWL

FOX SPARROW

ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK 

RED CROSSBILL

WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL




Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)






     3/27: the EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL continues at the Visitor’s CenterIt 
was seen through 4/1.

     3/28: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in the fields at Armitage Road.

     3/30: One of the first migrant GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen at the South 
Butler Unit.

     3/31: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen along the recently opened Wildlife Drive.







Cayuga County






     A GREATER YELLOWLEGS and an EURASIAN WIGEON were seen along Maiden Lane in 
Port Byron.







Derby Hill Bird Observatory






     A better week at Derby with 3,877 raptors recorded. An exceptional 17 
GOLDEN EAGLES were tallied. On 3/29 A CACKLING GOOSE and a ROSS’S GOOSE were 
picked out of the migrant Geese flying by. On 3/31 the first NORTHERN GOSHAWK 
was seen. Also on 3/31 the first ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK of the season was seen.







Oswego County






     3/29: An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Phoenix dam.

     3/30: A SNOWY OWL was seen on Co. Rt. 54 north of Phoenix at the Elvic 
Farm.

     4/1: The first FOX SPARROWS of the season were seen at 3 Mile Bay near the 
Mosquito Station on Oneida Lake.







Onondaga County






     A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville.

3/29: A SNOWY OWL continues at the State Fair entrance in Lakeland.

     3/30: A LONG-EARED was heard at Three Rivers WMA. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED 
GULL was seen on Coon Hill Road south of Skaneateles.







Madison County






     3/27: An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Madison County Landfill south of 
Canastota.







Oneida County






     3/27: The first EASTERN TOWHEEto be reported was at the Spring Farms 
Nature Preserve souith of Clinton.







Herkimer County






     3/31: RED CROSSBILLS and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were reported at Higby 
Point Road in Eagle Bay.







Migrants reported this week:






RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET

EASTERN PHOEBE

BLUE-WINGED TEAL

OSPREY

GREATER YELLOWLEGS

BONAPARTE’S GULL

NORTHERN GOSHAWK

ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK

GREAT EGRET

SWAMP SPARROW

FOX SPARROW

CASPIAN TERN

WILSON’S SNIPE

EASTERN TOWHEE







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Joseph Brin

Region 5

Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 USA


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[cayugabirds-l] Loons/Mergs

[Donna Lee Scott]

6-7 Common Loons off E shore at Lansing Station Rd, Cayuga Lake.
Several in breeding plumage.
Also several gorgeous Red Breasted Mergs. In pairs.

Donna Scott
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[cayugabirds-l] what a difference...

[Donna Lee Scott]

...a day makes!

Yesterday (Sunday) I too went up the lake and thru Montezuma's Wildlife Drive 
and Tschache Pool areas, areas Laura Stenzler described Saturday.
I saw no Canvasbacks in the main pool, although maybe I missed a few way 
across, and not too many waterfowl anywhere,
and Tschache pool was no longer "wall to wall" ducks! I guess they all moved on 
north?

Still, it was wonderful seeing the many bird species I did see and I ended at 
East Rd./Knox Marcellus for a quick look before I had to head home at 3 PM. One 
swan and 2-3 real Snow Geese at K-M.

I say "real Snow Geese" because across from the Potatoes building on Rt. 31 I 
saw a lot of "Tyvek" Snow Geese decoys arrayed in a field and later saw a 
similar array of the puffy, blowing-around fake geese off the Rt. 326 shortcut 
from Rt. 90 to Rt. 34B.  I don't know if the special goose hunting season is 
still on or not.

This morning as I filled bird feeders here on Lansing Station Rd by Cay. L., I 
heard 2 Common Loons calling loudly and seemingly-joyously to each other!

Donna L. Scott
535 Lansing Station Road
Lansing, NY


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