Re: [cayugabirds-l] Osprey data
The occupied Osprey platform is not at Robert Treman SP but at Allan H Treman State Marine Park in the field north of the marina. The unoccupied Hogs Hole platform is in the same park but west of the marina. Union Field is in adjacent Cass Park, and the Newman Golf Course platform is at the northwest corner of the course next to the woods along the east bank of Cayuga Inlet. Last year I repeatedly saw an Osprey carrying prey south along the Inlet, but I don’t know where the nest was/is. Great Blue Herons will commute several miles between their nest colony and their feeding sites. I have seen colonies in upper Robert Treman SP, and in state forests in the hills years ago, but I don’t know of any current nearby locations. I think there have been fewer Great Blue Herons along Cayuga Inlet north of the bridges since the Cayuga Waterfront Trail was put in past the NYSDOT yard north of the college boathouses, and since the surge in popularity of kayaking and paddle-boarding, because these herons don’t like people to come too close, but I have noticed several Great Blue Herons at dusk around the mouth of Fall Creek, so they may be feeding in the area when fewer people are present. - - Dave Nutter > On Nov 7, 2017, at 12:40 PM, Candace Cornell wrote: > > Gabriel, > > Pardon my delayed response, as I was traveling I have nesting data on 124 > osprey nests as part of my Cayuga Lake Basin Osprey Project and can easily > tell you the few osprey nests by the Cayuga inlet. I know where there are > GBHE rookeries, in the area, but not near Stewart Park and the Inlet where > the birds hang out. > > Osprey nest occupied by breeding pairs in the southern end of lake: Stewart > Park behind Youth Bureau, Robert Treman Marine Park, Union Field. This is the > southern point of their nesting in the basin as far as I know. Let me know > if you find any. > > Osprey nest platforms not yet occupied in the southern end of lake: southend > of Stewart Park footbridge to Newman Golf Course, Newman Golf Course west > end, Hogs Hole, and Cherry Street. > > Other area osprey pairs that also fish in the inlet and southern end of > Cayuga are nesting at McGowen Fields and the Cornell Ponds. > > Query cayugabirds-l (cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu) about the locations of > heron rookeries on Six Mile Creek and other promising places. EBird might > also be a help. > > Let me know if you need more info or find any nests in the lake's southern > end or inlet that are not listed on the Cayuga Lake Trail Map (below), which > includes 69 nests in the Cayuga Basin visible from public roads. > > https://ft.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=fb09815967204bfc9386fe2d4d78f1b0 > > Eyes to the sky! > Candace > > > >> On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 4:26 PM, Gabriel Curran wrote: >> Hi Candace, >> >> I'm doing a project looking at the Cayuga Inlet and I was wondering if you >> had any data on current osprey nest locations or sitings. Has anyone kept >> track of this? >> >> >> >> I'm also looking at blue herons, if you happen to have any similar >> information on these birds. >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> Gabe >> >> >> -- >> >> Gabriel Curran >> Dual Master's Candidate | City and Regional Planning + Landscape Architecture >> Cornell University | College of Art, Architecture & Planning >> >> >> > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Tompkins Pacific Loon report; south end Cayuga L birds
This morning Tim Lenz was scanning Cayuga Lake from Taughannock Falls State Park when he saw a PACIFIC LOON fly north past him, circle back, go south, and drop to the water, disappearing in shimmer aligned with and apparently closer to the Myers Point lighthouse. He also saw 4 Red-throated and 30 Common Loons and a Red-necked Grebe. I succumbed to temptation, drove to Myers, and did not see any Pacific Loon, but there was considerable shimmer, particularly looking along the lake toward Taughannock. However, I did see 2 Common Loons and a Red-necked Grebe among numerous gulls on the water to the north past Salt Point and fairly close to the east shore. I also saw a Common Loon to the west from the lighthouse. Scanning from Ladoga Park Rd I saw another Common Loon in the bay to the south. On my way home I paused along East Shore Drive just north of the “Town of Ithaca” sign. I turned around and parked in the gravel area on the northbound side near #1143 and scoped from there rather than crossing the street. From here I saw 2 more Common Loons as well as the flock of female-type BLACK SCOTERS which Mark Chao recently mentioned. They were swimming and diving in the middle of the lake directly out from here, providing a much better scope view than I had from East Shore Park, and I believe their number has increased to 20. A quick scan from the east end of Stewart Park revealed an assortment of water birds, including Mallards, Buffleheads, Greater and Lesser Scaup, Surf and White-winged Scoters, Common Mergansers, Pied-billed Grebes, Double-crested Cormorants, and American Coots. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Osprey data
Gabriel, Pardon my delayed response, as I was traveling I have nesting data on 124 osprey nests as part of my Cayuga Lake Basin Osprey Project and can easily tell you the few osprey nests by the Cayuga inlet. I know where there are GBHE rookeries, in the area, but not near Stewart Park and the Inlet where the birds hang out. Osprey nest occupied by breeding pairs in the southern end of lake: Stewart Park behind Youth Bureau, Robert Treman Marine Park, Union Field. This is the southern point of their nesting in the basin as far as I know. Let me know if you find any. Osprey nest platforms not yet occupied in the southern end of lake: southend of Stewart Park footbridge to Newman Golf Course, Newman Golf Course west end, Hogs Hole, and Cherry Street. Other area osprey pairs that also fish in the inlet and southern end of Cayuga are nesting at McGowen Fields and the Cornell Ponds. Query cayugabirds-l ( cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu ) about the locations of heron rookeries on Six Mile Creek and other promising places. EBird might also be a help. Let me know if you need more info or find any nests in the lake's southern end or inlet that are not listed on the Cayuga Lake Trail Map (below), which includes 69 nests in the Cayuga Basin visible from public roads. https://ft.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid= fb09815967204bfc9386fe2d4d78f1b0 Eyes to the sky! Candace On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 4:26 PM, Gabriel Curran wrote: > Hi Candace, > > I'm doing a project looking at the Cayuga Inlet and I was wondering if you > had any data on current osprey nest locations or sitings. Has anyone kept > track of this? > > > I'm also looking at blue herons, if you happen to have any similar > information on these birds. > > > Thanks! > > Gabe > > -- > > *Gabriel Curran* > Dual Master's Candidate | City and Regional Planning + Landscape > Architecture > Cornell University | College of Art, Architecture & Planning > > > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club November meeting
Monday, Nov. 13 will be the Cayuga Bird Club's monthly meeting. Our speaker this month is Dr. Emma Greig (Ph.D., University of Chicago). She joined the Citizen Science program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in 2013 as the project leader of Feederwatch. Prior to joining the Citizen Science team, Emma was a postdoc in the Macaulay Library at the Lab of Ornithology, working with Mike Webster (2010-2013), and now continues to collaborate with the "Weblab" on questions related to behavioral ecology and evolution in birds. Emma's dissertation looked at the function of Splendid Fairy-wren vocalizations, including the enigmatic Type II� song that is given in association with predator vocalizations. Dr. Greig's presentation is entitled: Stories from Project FeederWatch: What We Have Learned from 30 Years of Counting BirdsProject FeederWatch is a continent-wide bird counting effort in which people keep track of the birds that visit their feeders in winter. We will learn about how the program works, and perhaps more importantly, what we have learned from 30 years of data collection. Why are Anna's Hummingbirds expanding their range? Is feeding birds harmful or helpful? Project FeederWatch data provides insights into both of these questions, and many more. The meeting will be held at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Doors open at 7:00 pm with cookies and conversation starting at 7:15. Bird club business begins at 7:30 pm followed by the presentation. All are welcome. Members are also invited to join Emma Grieg for dinner at Aladdin's in Collegetown just before the meeting at 5:30. Please rsvp to Colleen Richards @ cl...@juno.com by noon on Mon., Nov.13, so reservations can be made. Have a great week everyone.Colleen Richards Cayuga Bird Club Corresponding Secretary One Trick to Catch a Liar The Beacon http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5a01da3929afd5a382ccfst01duc -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
