Hi,
I saw the GHO on the nest today.
Cheers,
Noe
> On Apr 19, 2015, at 7:19 PM, Susan Danskin wrote:
>
> A friend sent me a photo of the chick in the nest time stamped 10:45 am
> today. is it possible John’s group was looking at a different nest? I know
> Gary K said he spent a bunch of time looking at the wrong nest a couple of
> weeks ago.
> Susan
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>> On Apr 19, 2015, at 7:02 PM, Paul Schmitt wrote:
>>
>> Well, I have photos of both chicks and adult from Saturday morning. This
>> report does not match.
>>
>> Paul Schmitt
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Apr 19, 2015, at 6:15 PM, Marie P. Read wrote:
>>>
>>> Correction: I was at the GH Owl nest THURSDAY morning, around 9:00 am. One
>>> adult and one large nestling were visible in the nest.
>>> < I was there myself on Friday morning when the owls were definitely in
>>> residence.>
>>>
>>> Marie
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Marie Read Wildlife Photography
>>> 452 Ringwood Road
>>> Freeville NY 13068 USA
>>>
>>> Phone 607-539-6608
>>> e-mail m...@cornell.edu
>>>
>>> http://www.marieread.com
>>>
>>> Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:
>>>
>>> http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE
>>>
>>> From: bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu
>>> [bounce-119069866-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read
>>> [m...@cornell.edu]
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 6:08 PM
>>> To: John Confer; CAYUGABIRDS-L
>>> Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy - GH Owl nest
>>>
>>> John Confer wrote:
>>>
>>> < We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great
>>> Horned Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in
>>> sight, there was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I
>>> know some species reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species
>>> in the same season? If the red-tail is incubating, it must have started
>>> laying almost immediately after the GHOW left, because it was there just
>>> two weeks ago.
>>>
>>> Well that is totally bizarre, because some friends of mine said they saw
>>> the GH Owls on that nest Saturday afternoon (I think) and I was there
>>> myself on Friday morning when the owls were definitely in residence.
>>>
>>> What happened?
>>>
>>> Marie
>>>
>>>
>>> Marie Read Wildlife Photography
>>> 452 Ringwood Road
>>> Freeville NY 13068 USA
>>>
>>> Phone 607-539-6608
>>> e-mail m...@cornell.edu
>>>
>>> http://www.marieread.com
>>>
>>> Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here:
>>>
>>> http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE
>>>
>>> From: bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu
>>> [bounce-119069750-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of John Confer
>>> [con...@ithaca.edu]
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 4:56 PM
>>> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L; John Confer
>>> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] SFO learns alchemy
>>>
>>> The warbler team had a moderately good day. We did not find many migrants:
>>> one White-throated Sparrow as we were leaving the Lab and then a
>>> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker calling as we got into the cars. The swan pen at
>>> Stewart Park had few birds and the waterfront produced the more common
>>> waterfowl. An ornithology class from Binghamton did find a Ruddy Duck,
>>> which we missed. We heard and saw Fish Crow, at least 5 around the picnic
>>> tables near the band shelter. We did hear the wheesey call and see
>>> glimpses of two Blue-gray Gnatcatchers along the west band of Fall Creek.
>>>
>>>
>>> We drove over to the golf course and first stopped to see the Great Horned
>>> Owl nest. To our total surprise, , although there was no owl in sight,
>>> there was a Red-tailed Hawk flat on the nest as if incubating. I know some
>>> species reuse the nest of other species, but two raptor species in the same
>>> season? If the red-tail is incubating, it must have started laying almost
>>> immediately after the GHOW left, because it was there just two weeks ago.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jetty Woods had ~30 cormorants distributed among two trees with a lot of
>>> guano beneath them, suggesting several days stay. We had a fine view of a
>>> flicker singing, if you call it that, and then later the same bird on the
>>> ground, apparently eating ants.
>>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps most enjoyably, we found a White-breasted Nuthatch pair carrying
>>> material into a cavity in the end of a large, broken branch along the south
>>> end of Jetty Woods. One bird actually removed some material from the nest,
>>> which reminded me of trying to move furniture to please my wife.
>>>
>>>
>>> A nice morning of birding.
>>>
>>>
>>> John Confer
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cayugabirds-L List
