[cayugabirds-l] Directions for GHO, Newman
Hi - can anyone tell me how to find the GHO and the 2 owlets at Newman Golf Course? Going to venture that way tomorrow. Thank you! -- 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] Directions for GHO, Newman
There are probably several vantage points, but what I did was walk about halfway out to the Jetty Woods from the golf course clubhouse and look towards the east until you see the big stock nest near the top of a bare tree- the one with the owl sitting on top. If you continue on out through the woods to the jetty, you'll get a great look at the Red-throated Loon in the inlet and lots of waterfowl along the ice edge. Good luck! Ken Sent from my iPhone On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:34 PM, Mo Barger Rooster Hill Farm m...@roosterhillfarm.commailto:m...@roosterhillfarm.com wrote: Hi - can anyone tell me how to find the GHO and the 2 owlets at Newman Golf Course? Going to venture that way tomorrow. Thank you! -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Directions for GHO, Newman
With a scope you can see the Great Horned Owl nest in the middle of Newman Golf Course looking from Cass Park on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail about mid-way along the straightaway between the Treman Park boat ramp and the little docks for dragonboats near the playground. This evening the Red-throated Loon was in the mouth of Treman marina despite half a dozen anglers (ignoring the no fishing in marina sign) who wondered what kind of duck it was. I'm not sure I convinced them that this very white-necked bird was a Red-throated Loon. It proceeded to swim downstream. Last I saw, it was sleeping on the farther reaches of the open water, closer to the piling cluster than to the red lighthouse. There's still extensive ice across the south end of Cayuga Lake, but it is diminishing and obviously thinning. My bet is that the last of that mile-and-a-half shelf will break up in the strong northwest winds tonight and tomorrow. After that I wonder if the Red-throated loon will still be interested in the Inlet with boat traffic from the boat ramp. A crew race appears imminent, but they will be upstream. Ducks I saw in the area this evening included: Wood Duck (a pair among Canada Geese north of the swan pond) Gadwall (a pair aloof east of the white lighthouse jetty), American Wigeon (a pair with the Green-winged Teal), American Black Duck (a few), Mallard (several pairs), Green-winged Teal (lots working the flotsam around ice edges east of the white lighthouse), Blue-winged Teal (1 male among the Green-winged Teal), Canvasback (4 male, 1 female), Redhead (about 500 close to the lakeshore at Treman Park), Ring-necked Duck (about a hundred, unevenly mixed with the Redheads), Lesser Scaup (a few), Bufflehead (10 or so) Hooded Merganser (about 30 mainly to the west) Common Merganser (about 20) I only saw one Osprey. It stood and ate a fish on the diagonal perch of the nest platform in the field beyond Treman Marina. The platforms at Union Field and the NW corner of Newman Golf Course were unoccupied. Oddly, there was a dead Red-tailed Hawk floating in the water a few feet upstream of the mouth of the marina. I moved it onto shore by the rocks. It may be good for a skeleton. --Dave Nutter On Apr 03, 2015, at 07:52 PM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg k...@cornell.edu wrote: There are probably several vantage points, but what I did was walk about halfway out to the Jetty Woods from the golf course clubhouse and look towards the east until you see the big stock nest near the top of a bare tree- the one with the owl sitting on top. If you continue on out through the woods to the jetty, you'll get a great look at the Red-throated Loon in the inlet and lots of waterfowl along the ice edge. Good luck! Ken Sent from my iPhone On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:34 PM, Mo Barger Rooster Hill Farm m...@roosterhillfarm.com wrote: Hi - can anyone tell me how to find the GHO and the 2 owlets at Newman Golf Course? Going to venture that way tomorrow. Thank you! -- 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: 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Directions for GHO, Newman
Thanks, I found Donna Scott's great directions posted to the list a few weeks ago. Pretty sure I know where Jetty Woods is. Clearly I need to bird more :) Thank you! On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg k...@cornell.edu wrote: There are probably several vantage points, but what I did was walk about halfway out to the Jetty Woods from the golf course clubhouse and look towards the east until you see the big stock nest near the top of a bare tree- the one with the owl sitting on top. If you continue on out through the woods to the jetty, you'll get a great look at the Red-throated Loon in the inlet and lots of waterfowl along the ice edge. Good luck! Ken Sent from my iPhone On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:34 PM, Mo Barger Rooster Hill Farm m...@roosterhillfarm.com wrote: Hi - can anyone tell me how to find the GHO and the 2 owlets at Newman Golf Course? Going to venture that way tomorrow. Thank you! -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leave http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
