Re: [cayugabirds-l] Two questions

[Suan Yong]

Spotted sandpiper is more commonly encountered along riverbanks and especially 
lakeshores around here, but I've certainly come across a few solitary 
sandpipers as well, especially in the Cayuga Inlet. Spotted is horizontal and 
"flatter", solitary is taller with long legs and neck, and will "stand tall" 
vertically when checking you out.

As for Osprey, I was surprised to find that the nest at the Cass Park baseball 
fields is hosting three sizeable nestlings that look ready to fledge soon. 
Watched a parent yesterday bring back a nice catfish (harassed by a 
neighborhood kingbird along the way) to feed them.

I've been thinking about hanging out there in the evenings and perhaps share 
the scope with baseball players and parents and anyone else that may come by. 
The weather hasn't cooperated with this plan, however.

Suan


> On Jul 12, 2017, at 2:47 PM, Nancy Cusumano  wrote:
> 
> There have been so many public osprey nests failing this year - seems like 
> many of the nest cam nests have had one tragedy or another. Does anyone know 
> how the many local osprey nests are doing? Candace can you give an update?  
> Thanks.
> 
> Second question - we are kayakers and always see a small shorebird along the 
> river shores. Merlin tells me it is a spotted sandpiper, but my husband says 
> they are smaller than the 7" given in books and AllAboutBirds.  Without a 
> photo (super hard to get them as they are moving and so are we) can anyone 
> confirm this is what we are seeing? It doesn't seem like there are any other 
> good options, as Solitary is out of area for us, right?
> 
> Thanks for whatever assistance you can give!
> 
> Nancy
> 
> 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Two questions

[Linda Orkin]

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> On Jul 12, 2017, at 2:55 PM, Brad Walker  wrote:
> 
> It's probably a spotted sandpiper. It's never a good idea to go solely by 
> measurements such as total length in the field.
> 
>> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 2:47 PM Nancy Cusumano  
>> wrote:
>> There have been so many public osprey nests failing this year - seems like 
>> many of the nest cam nests have had one tragedy or another. Does anyone know 
>> how the many local osprey nests are doing? Candace can you give an update?  
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Second question - we are kayakers and always see a small shorebird along the 
>> river shores. Merlin tells me it is a spotted sandpiper, but my husband says 
>> they are smaller than the 7" given in books and AllAboutBirds.  Without a 
>> photo (super hard to get them as they are moving and so are we) can anyone 
>> confirm this is what we are seeing? It doesn't seem like there are any other 
>> good options, as Solitary is out of area for us, right?
>> 
>> Thanks for whatever assistance you can give!
>> 
>> Nancy
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Two questions

[Brad Walker]

It's probably a spotted sandpiper. It's never a good idea to go solely by
measurements such as total length in the field.

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 2:47 PM Nancy Cusumano 
wrote:

> There have been so many public osprey nests failing this year - seems like
> many of the nest cam nests have had one tragedy or another. Does anyone
> know how the many local osprey nests are doing? Candace can you give an
> update?  Thanks.
>
> Second question - we are kayakers and always see a small shorebird along
> the river shores. Merlin tells me it is a spotted sandpiper, but my husband
> says they are smaller than the 7" given in books and AllAboutBirds.
> Without a photo (super hard to get them as they are moving and so are we)
> can anyone confirm this is what we are seeing? It doesn't seem like there
> are any other good options, as Solitary is out of area for us, right?
>
> Thanks for whatever assistance you can give!
>
> Nancy
>
>
>
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