This nest platform is installed atop one of several poles for lights for McGovern Fields, replacing (literally) a nest which Ospreys built atop the same pole, right? McGovern Fields occupy the NE corner of the fields between East Hill Plaza, Ellis Hollow Road, Game Farm Road and Cascadilla Creek with the east end of the East Ithaca Recreationway.
In case other Ospreys start nesting near Game Farm Road, maybe refering to McGovern Fields would be better, at least until another of those light poles gets built upon! The Ithaca reservoir and Commonland are along Six-mile Creek south of NYS-79, which is in the next drainage behind Snyder Hill and perhaps difficult to see from McGovern Fields, so was that really where you meant the Osprey flew? How do you ID the birds as individuals? Is it an assumption based on gender (general plumage and relative size) and presence or behavior at the site, or are there specific characteristics of individual birds that you use? I recently saw an Osprey perched beside the platform at the NW corner of Newman Golf Course and wondered if that indicated it was being used. Moments later I saw an Osprey flying from that direction toward Union Fields, so now I wonder if it was one of the Union Fields pair just checking it out. I don't know how you keep track of individuals. --Dave Nutter On Apr 09, 2015, at 07:24 AM, "Karel V. Sedlacek" <k...@cornell.edu> wrote: > First definite sigthing of Olin the Game Farm Osprey Nest male was 7:50 AM on > the NW tower at GF. He was happily eating a Koi fish. 8:20 AM he flew to > the new nest riser and flapped, poked around and sat for a few minutes. Then > off down the tree line west and then south to the reservoir or Common Lands. > Later, 12:45-1:10 Olin ate another fish and worked on the nest. Landed > briefly on one of the double sided poles then went to the Nest. Mr Lefty, > the RTHA was near by both times and appeared at ease. > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone > -- > 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/ --
