Salt Point Osprey Nest Camera is On-line! Salt Point Osprey Nest Cam <http://tinyurl.com/Salt-Point-Osprey-Cam>*era*
http://tinyurl.com/Salt-Point-Osprey-Cam Watch Salt Point's Ophelia and Orpheus court, incubate eggs, raise their family, and help them fledge on the nest camera in Lansing. Since there is no WiFi, the footage cannot be broadcast live, but it is uploaded daily on the Salt Point Osprey Camera channel on YouTube. So far, the recordings show Orpheus delivery countless sticks (at least 20-40 per day) refurbishing the nest for Ophelia's arrival. His building was painfully slow: for almost every stick he'd bring, another would fall off the nest. Eventually, after seven days of work, the nest is a few inches higher and has fresh leaves and grasses in the nest bowl—ready to entice and welcome Ophelia. And it did. Ophelia arrived at the Salt Point nest at about 6:00 pm tonight and the pair was seen sitting in the nest together and then copulating on the nest perch at 6:32 pm. It's a relief to have them both back from their long migrations. (Ophelia arrived on March 30 last year also.) This week should bring many ospreys back to the area. *Please* report any osprey sightings you have and let me know if you find a new nest not listed in the Cayuga Lake Osprey Trail. This information is used for a survey of the osprey population in the Cayuga Lake Basin and the eleven Finger Lakes. Thank you very much! Candace EYES ON OSPREYS Read! *On Osprey Time <http://www.lansingrec.com/parks/20-salt-point/salt-point-articles/27-on-osprey-time>* Watch! Salt Point Osprey Nest Cam <http://tinyurl.com/Salt-Point-Osprey-Cam> Explore! Cayuga Lake Osprey Trail <https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=fb09815967204bfc9386fe2d4d78f1b0> -- 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/ --
