Thanks for looking. The nest blew down in a wind storm and I guess they are not going to replace it. Candace
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Suan Yong <[email protected]> wrote: > Over the weekend I pulled over by those soccer fields but found no sign of > a nest. > > Suan > _____________________ > http://suan-yong.com > > On Apr 22, 2014, at 9:39 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think someone, probably Chris Tessaglia-Hymes reported seeing an > Osprey carrying nesting material to one of the light fixtures of the foot > ball (?) field in East Hill. I think Anne Clarke also reported seeing one > in that area. I presume it may be the same pair/or bird possibly. I looked > at the map it seems BTI is half between Beebe Lake and the Game Farm road. > Distance seem to be just under a mile and half between the two points as an > Osprey flies! > > > > So it may not be very far from the Ospreys point of view. And South end of > Cayuga Lake is about 2.5 miles, again as an Osprey flies. > > > > I am blessed that Osprey has chosen that highway where BTI is on the way! > I am expecting to see more of them as the days progress with lots of fish! > > > > I have also seen them hunting along Fall Creek in the past near Flat Rock > and beyond. > > > > Cheers > > Meena > > Meena Haribal > Ithaca NY 14850 > 42.429007,-76.47111 > http://haribal.org/ > http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Candace Cornell <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 22, 2014 9:19 PM > *To:* Marie P. Read; CAYUGABIRDS-L; [email protected]; > [email protected]; Meena Madhav Haribal > *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] East Hill osprey > > Thank you for reporting your osprey sightings—Has anyone been able to > see the nest they are building in the BTI area? > > Geo said "Apparently the promise of "owning" Beebe Lake as a mostly > private fishing reserve outweighs the longish commute!" Ospreys are usually > not territorial about their fishing grounds because fish are a moving > resource that can't be easily defended. Their nests, however, are > stationary and are well-guarded by the adults as is the airspace around the > nest. > > If there is a nest near BTI, it is not very far from Beebe Lake or > Cayuga Lake as the "osprey" flies. Ospreys prefer to live within 3.1 > miles (3 km) of abundant food sources, but will travel further if they > must. As Marie pointed out, in areas with limited resources, some ospreys > will travel as far as 12 miles between their nests and food source. The > limiting resource for ospreys in our area is adequate nesting sites. > Since sturdy large, dead trees or tall live trees with open tops located > out in the open and close to adequate food resources are rare, ospreys must > depend on people to build osprey platforms.or take their chances nesting > on utility poles and light fixtures. > > Eyes to the skies! > > Candace > > > > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Marie P. Read <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think Osprey are prepared to go quite a distance from where they nest >> to where they fish. >> At Mono Lake (which has no fish) they fly sometimes 10 miles one way to >> freshwater lakes to find food, repeating this several times a day when they >> are feeding young. There are 10 or so pairs that nest on Mono Lake's >> offshore tufa towers, which provide nest sites safe from terrestrial >> predators. They find nest material much closer though. >> >> Marie >> >> Marie Read Wildlife Photography >> 452 Ringwood Road >> Freeville NY 13068 USA >> >> Phone 607-539-6608 >> e-mail [email protected] >> >> http://www.marieread.com >> >> Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake Basin A new book coming >> May 2014 >> >> http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/BOOKS/G0000ccYTIzOzsYA/I0000bcMn4rPRp58 >> ________________________________________ >> From: [email protected] [ >> [email protected]] on behalf of Asher Hockett [ >> [email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 4:55 PM >> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L >> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] East Hill osprey >> >> I wonder more about the selection of a nest site distant from the fishing >> grounds. Is this a common thing among them? >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hi all, >> Today I saw at least three trips of osprey from behind BTI to Beebe lake >> and back once with fish and once with stick. 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