Re: [cayugabirds-l] Least Bittern at SSW

[tfrank]

Hi All,
Not a least bitten, but I saw a green heron in just about that location (flew 
into the trees at the back of the first pond) a couple of weeks ago. 

Tom Frank

 Ken Haas  wrote: 
> Hi All,
> 
> During my beginner bird walk at Sapsucker Woods yesterday morning, I met a 
> woman on the trail who showed me her point and shoot camera and asked me what 
> bird she took a photo of just minutes earlier. It looked to me like a Least 
> Bittern and asked her where she saw it. My group agreed to look for this 
> unusual bird. She took us back to the first pond after coming over the 
> boardwalk from the parking lot, just before one reaches the Owens Platform. 
> She said it was in the reeds and cattails to the right side of the pond. All 
> of us looked for several minutes but didn’t see anything. I decided to slowly 
> sneak up the grassy path to the right of the pond hoping to find it. It flew 
> out of the cattails and deeper into the back of the pond and out of sight. 
> But we all got a look at it. After comparing it to everything else I thought 
> it could be (imm. Green Heron, for example) and looking again at her picture, 
> I can only come to the conclusion of a Least Bittern. 
> 
> Has anyone else been seeing one over there?
> 
> Ken Haas
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Ospreys, and other stuff

[tfrank]

Yes on the nest at Dryden lake. I've been taking pix of their nest building 
over the past few weeks. One is banded on both legs, one blue band and one 
silver band. It's a pretty small nest, in the pine trees. 

Tom

 "Kevin J. McGowan"  wrote: 
> Bald Eagles are apparently on a nest at the south end of Dryden Lake, with at 
> least 2 or 3 immatures staying in the area. That might be a damper on Osprey 
> nesting there.
> 
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> Kevin J. McGowan
> 
> 
> 
> From: bounce-122435459-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
>  on behalf of Candace Cornell 
> 
> Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 6:56 PM
> To: Dave Nutter; CAYUGABIRDS-L; Cynthia L. Sedlacek
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Ospreys, and other stuff
> 
> I have to correct my email from yesterday. The pair at Cargill have been at 
> the nest since March 31.
> 
> I saw an osprey sitting on the Church Hill nest in Lansing for a few minutes 
> today, but it flew and didn't return. Orpheus and Ophelia at Salt Point are 
> working on their nest, but also adding a few sticks to the unclaimed Salmon 
> Creek nest. They can't help themselves, they are compulsive nest builders. 
> The empty nest boxes will get occupied eventually.
> 
> From yesterdays drive-by survey of over 100 nests, many corroborated by 
> reports from the Sedlaceks, Becky Sewell, Dave Nutter, and others, I estimate 
> well over one-third of the Cayuga Lake Basin pairs had returned by April 1, 
> 2018. By next weekend, most will have arrived. Some of the empty nest 
> platforms will hopefully be claimed by young pairs during the next three 
> weeks.
> 
> Thanks for everyone's help! Keep reporting your sightings.
> 
> Eyes to the sky!
> Candace
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 9:48 AM, Candace Cornell 
> > wrote:
> Thank you Dave and Cindy to everyone for reporting yesterday's arrival of the 
> ospreys. We should see most ospreys returning to their nests in the next two 
> weeks. Unmated adult birds will also be checking out vacant nest boxes and 
> vying for mates. Young osprey, hoping to breed, usually arrive a week or so 
> after the adult wave, many acting like intruders and pestering nesting pairs.
> 
> So far Olive and Olin have returned to their McGovern Fields, Ophelia and 
> Orpheus to Salt Point, the Treman Marine Park pair are on the nest, as well 
> as the Union Fields ospreys. I have not seen the Cargil pair yet, but the 
> always arrive at least a day before the Salt Point ospreys and are probably 
> here.
> 
> Keep you eyes on the vacant nest platforms at Dryden Lake, Taughannock Park, 
> and in Ithaca (the suspension bridge nest in Stewart Park, Hog's Hole, Newman 
> Golf Course, and Cherry St.).  Around Lansing, there are vacant platforms at 
> Millikan Station, Salmon Creek at Salt Point, Church Hill, and two on 
> Portland Point. At least a few of these will be utilized this year.
> 
> Keep your eyes to the sky and please keep reporting any ospreys you see 
> nesting!
> 
> Many thanks,
> Candace
> 
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 8:49 PM, Dave Nutter 
> > wrote:
> This morning (31 March) I went to Mount Pleasant, joined by Ann Mitchell and 
> later Gary Kohlenberg. We were all hoping the south wind would bring 
> migrating raptors.
> 
> Local birds included singles and pairs of Red-tailed Hawks near & far, an 
> occasional Common Raven (including one who was accompanied/chased for awhile 
> by a Red-tail who mimicked its every move), Turkey Vultures, Killdeer, an 
> Eastern Meadowlark that visited the single tree near the observatory, an 
> American Kestrel hovering over the valley between Mt Pleasant’s twin “peaks”, 
> a possible distant Red-shouldered Hawk, a large Accipiter in deep-flapping 
> display flight far to the south, and American Crows busy flying back and 
> forth and tormenting any Raven they found.
> 
> Migrants included a flock of 14 Great Blue Herons, a few small flocks of 
> Canada Geese (<100 birds in 3 hours), lots of small flocks of Common Grackles 
> and a few flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds (in addition to a near-constant 
> background of scattered northbound Icterids), American Robins singly or in 
> small flocks, small flocks of roaming Horned Larks with 3 probable American 
> Pipits near or among them.
> 
> Migrant raptors were few: a couple Turkey Vultures, a couple Red-tailed 
> Hawks, at least one Cooper’s Hawk, and a Northern Harrier. Among the best was 
> a northbound OSPREY (year bird for me!) passing to the west of us. Perhaps it 
> was bound for some nest in the basin, but evidently not down in Ithaca.
> 
> When I got home, I decided to heed Candace’s call to keep track of Osprey 
> nests. I took a quick bike ride around Cass Park combined with a walk around 
> Treman Marina. In short order I saw one Osprey flying south past the 
> Children’s 

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

[tfrank]

At 10:45 the black vultures were in some trees just south of the bridge on 
Dodge Rd. They then flew into the pheasant farm just in front of the little hut 
facing Stevenson Rd. They were still there at 11:15.

Tom Frank
 Brad Walker  wrote: 
>  The four black vultures are currently perched in a dead tree next to the
> small bridge between Dodge Road and the game farm.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Juvenile Golden Eagle?

[tfrank]

It turns out that I was mistaken. Dave Nutter was kind enough to let me know 
that what I had seen was a immature bald eagle. 

Tom
 tfr...@twcny.rr.com wrote: 
> I may have taken pictures of the juvenile golden eagle that Mark Chao saw in 
> Lansing, or another one on Dodge road this morning at about 10:45 am. It was 
> perched and fairly far away but seems to fit the description. I'm happy to 
> send a picture to anyone who can identify better than I can. I'll post it 
> here also https://www.flickr.com/photos/133670547@N08/
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[cayugabirds-l] Juvenile Golden Eagle?

[tfrank]

I may have taken pictures of the juvenile golden eagle that Mark Chao saw in 
Lansing, or another one on Dodge road this morning at about 10:45 am. It was 
perched and fairly far away but seems to fit the description. I'm happy to send 
a picture to anyone who can identify better than I can. I'll post it here also 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/133670547@N08/

Tom Frank

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