[cayugabirds-l] Portland Point Osprey Incubating
Liisa's observation reminded me to post that the Osprey at the Portland Point platform appear to have eggs. I stopped by yesterday (going only as far as I needed to in order to see the nest, as per K. McGowan's warning), and saw one adult sitting down in the nest cup. Didn't take long for them to accept their new platform nest! Robyn Bailey Lansing -- 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] Portland Point Osprey Incubating
Monday morning at about 7:30 I went out on my second story deck and saw an Osprey flying over my beach/back yard area. It landed in my large, dead White Oak tree on the edge of the cliff for a few minutes then flew north and circled back south. I thought perhaps it might be one of the Portland Point Ospreys. Donna Scott Lansing Station Rd., Lansing (about 5 miles from Portland Point area) - Original Message - From: Robyn Bailey To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Cc: Ron Rohrbaugh ; Alan F Poole Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1:51 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Portland Point Osprey Incubating Liisa's observation reminded me to post that the Osprey at the Portland Point platform appear to have eggs. I stopped by yesterday (going only as far as I needed to in order to see the nest, as per K. McGowan's warning), and saw one adult sitting down in the nest cup. Didn't take long for them to accept their new platform nest! Robyn Bailey Lansing -- 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] Portland Point Osprey Update
Good morning. I have an update on the Osprey platform progress so far. Here is the report: Great news! Paul Batz, one of the Line Supervisors in Auburn, has agreed to build the Osprey platform this weekend - NYSEG will contribute all materials at no charge. We will also provide the Bucket Truck and labor to install the platform once it is ready. The pole extension has arrived here in Ithaca and will also be donated to the project. Paul built the platforms in Auburn and at Montezuma - he has a running permit with the Cortland region 7 DEC to work with Osprey and is thrilled to be assisting our community with this endeavor. NYSEG will also install aluminum flashing 10' below the structure to deter predators. Thanks to Ron Rohrbaugh and Alan Poole for helping out. Also thanks to those of you who have offered suggestions or contacts to me. Tompkins Weekly will be doing a story about this effort, so look for that as well. Best, Robyn Bailey -- 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] Portland Point Osprey Update
Wow Robyn, this is so great!!! Good work...tell Paul thanks also. And the ospreys thank all of you too. It will be exciting to see them set up housekeeping (fingers crossed) Linda On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Robyn Bailey rb...@cornell.edu wrote: Good morning. I have an update on the Osprey platform progress so far. Here is the report: ** ** “Great news! Paul Batz, one of the Line Supervisors in Auburn, has agreed to build the Osprey platform this weekend – NYSEG will contribute all materials at no charge. We will also provide the Bucket Truck and labor to install the platform once it is ready. The pole extension has arrived here in Ithaca and will also be donated to the project. Paul built the platforms in Auburn and at Montezuma – he has a running permit with the Cortland region 7 DEC to work with Osprey and is thrilled to be assisting our community with this endeavor. NYSEG will also install aluminum flashing 10’ below the structure to deter predators.” ** ** Thanks to Ron Rohrbaugh and Alan Poole for helping out. Also thanks to those of you who have offered suggestions or contacts to me. Tompkins Weekly will be doing a story about this effort, so look for that as well.* *** ** ** Best, ** ** Robyn Bailey ** ** ** ** -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://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 Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://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] Portland Point Osprey nest gone
I spoke to the NYSEG lead forester for the Ithaca region (my fiancé) about the Osprey nest. I have a vested interest because this Cargill property abuts our own, meaning I could have Osprey on my yard list. :) So, here is the scoop. This past fall, the nest made contact with the lines and sparked a fire. The fire department and line crews responded appropriately to put out the fire, but sadly the nest could not be saved. NYSEG is willing to provide a riser and possibly the bucket trucks/necessary equipment to install it in a safer area so that the nest would be up off of the lines. They are aware that Osprey often return to the same locations year after year to nest. They are asking that someone from the birding/CLO community with expertise on providing nesting platforms please work with them by providing input and feedback on such a project. The timeline for this being done before Spring 2012 is on the table. We just need a volunteer to work with the crews to help advise on best practices. If someone is willing to rise to the challenge, that would be great. This is a big company, but they are reasonably agile on things that benefit a community, in my experience. Feel free to reply all if you would like to work with me and NYSEG on this or if you just want to share ideas with us all. Thanks Dave for bringing this to my attention. Regards, Robyn Bailey Lansing From: bounce-39136974-15067...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-39136974-15067...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Nutter Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:37 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Portland Point Osprey nest gone Today while birding with Ann Mitchell on Portland Point Rd I noticed that the power pole in the Cargill mine complex which for the past couple years held Tompkins County's only Osprey nest of which I'm aware now only holds the intended trio of transformers and crossbar with insulators and wires. Does anyone know when (and how?) it came down? Be on the look-out for Ospreys with sticks around the southern part of Cayuga Lake come March and April. Maybe this year they'll make a more serious effort atop the platform at Treman Marine Park. We saw neither Red-necked Grebes nor Northern Shrikes from Portland Point Rd, but we did see at least four NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS. We also went to Aurora to try to find the Eared Grebe. Even though the water was still flat we only saw 5 HORNED GREBES from the Wells College boathouse, plus some expected waterfowl: CANADA GEESE, 2 SNOW GEESE (1 adult with 1 immature), MALLARDS, AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, COMMON GOLDENEYE, 5 BUFFLEHEAD, singles of COMMON and RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, distant flying small REDHEAD flocks, plus a few of the usual RING-BILLED, HERRING, and GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS. --Dave Nutter -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Portland Point Osprey nest gone
Today while birding with Ann Mitchell on Portland Point Rd I noticed that the power pole in the Cargill mine complex whichfor the past couple yearsheld Tompkins County's only Osprey nest of which I'm aware now only holds the intended trio of transformers and crossbar with insulators and wires. Does anyone know when (and how?) it came down? Be on the look-out for Ospreys with sticks around the southern part of Cayuga Lake come March and April. Maybe this year they'll make a more serious effort atop the platform at Treman Marine Park.We saw neither Red-necked Grebes nor Northern Shrikes from Portland Point Rd, but we did see at least four NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS.We also went to Aurora to try to find the Eared Grebe. Even though the water was still flat we only saw 5 HORNED GREBES from the Wells College boathouse, plus some expected waterfowl: CANADA GEESE, 2 SNOW GEESE (1 adult with 1 immature), MALLARDS, AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, COMMON GOLDENEYE, 5 BUFFLEHEAD, singles of COMMON and RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, distant flying small REDHEAD flocks, plus a few of the usual RING-BILLED, HERRING, and GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS.--Dave Nutter -- 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! --
