Besides the obvious locations along the immediate long Island Sound shoreline of Westchester County where the species is well established, it is interesting to note that Osprey are likely nesting on perhaps every tall (120') cell tower in Westchester County. Location does not seem to matter, either. For example, they nest on probably every cell tower in southern Westchester along the Hutchinson River Parkway corridor, in plain sight of the Parkway as well as adjacent very developed residential areas. They nest in the middle of downtown Mamaroneck in a highly industrialized area, amid autobody shops, commercial garages, strip malls, etc. They nest north to at least Byram Lake, Armonk, Town of North Castle, and in the town of Mount Pleasant, Briarcliff Manor on private property on a cell tower, in the 'interior' of Westchester. It is likely that they nest even farther north in Westchester and Putnam County's interior within the "New Croton Watershed" area. There is a nesting pair at the metro north rail yard within the boundaries of the Village of Croton-On-Hudson, along the Hudson River, too.
Farther north, I have read about a recent nest on a channel marker in the Hudson within the City of Hudson, NY, Columbia County. While I do not have data for Dutchess County, I would imagine there are nests here too. Bannerman's Island, Beacon, NY, would seem like a logical place and for some reason I think they do nest there. I could be wrong about that. Regards, John Askildsen Millbrook, New York -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
