Daughter, Becky Sewell, & I made the rounds checking osprey nests at the north end of Cayuga Lake this afternoon. Found 2 new nests near NY Chiropractor College south of Seneca Falls. In the canal channel in Cayuga we discovered that the old iron tower north of the RR bridge now has a new tall extension with a new platform that has sides on it to keep wind from blowing the nest off. It was obviously "seeded" with "invitational" sticks on top. Whoopee ... it had a pr. of Os on it. We saw at least 4 platforms that had no "seeding" branches put on the platforms so those more than likely will never attract ospreys. I don't have Becky's count of platforms or the number of Os seen but it was FAR more than the original 17 nests I saw when I decided to count nests between home & MNWR some 14 yrs. or so ago & triggered Candace Cornell's interest. .
At Long Point a common loon was in the boat launching area & surfaced a few seconds after I pulled up to the ramp so we had wonderful closeup views before a boat came from the lake. The loon apparently stayed submerged, swam under the boat & popped up just out in the lake... Here at home in Union Springs I was delighted to see a tree swallow investigating our box on the west end of the clothesline arm. House sparrows have the one on the east end while blue birds are in the box at the south end of the clothesline. Carolyn Blizzard, Union Springs, NY -- 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/ --
