My money is on the Ospreys for a couple of reasons. I think it was last year I saw a similar thing happen at the Union Fields nest: a couple of Fish Crows were poking around the Osprey nest before the Ospreys had settled in. I don’t know what the Fish Crows were doing, but they weren’t serious about using it as a nest, and the Ospreys took it back and nested.
Also, this morning (26 March) about 9am as I crossed the boardwalk on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail to enter Stewart Park, I saw 2 Ospreys at the nest across Fall Creek, one was on the nest itself (presumably the female), while the other was atop the attached perch (presumably the male). So to me that nest looked claimed by Ospreys at that point. Later in the morning I walked around Renwick Wildwood and saw that the same nest at times had 1 Osprey on its perch and another in a tree with a clear view of it. It’s true that the last time I looked around 12:30pm there was no Osprey at the nest and a Fish Crow on the outside edge of the nest instead, so we’ll have to see. I did not notice any Ospreys near the nest at the east end of Stewart Park when I was in the vicinity around 10:15. I saw 3 Ospreys flying over Union Field as I biked along the opposite side of Cayuga Inlet about 8:45am and none on the Union Field nest. - - Dave Nutter > On Mar 25, 2024, at 4:06 PM, Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > A pair of Fish Crows also seems to have taken up residence on the Osprey nest > pole at the west side of Stewart Park, next to Fall Creek. It will be > interesting to see what happens once the Osprey pair arrives! I did see one > Osprey along the creek this morning, but none at the nest sites yet. > Marie > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > e-mail m...@cornell.edu > Website: http://www.marieread.com > AUTHOR of: > Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing > Birds and Their Behavior > > https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/ > > From: bounce-128109432-5851...@list.cornell.edu > <bounce-128109432-5851...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Laurie Rubin > <grandma...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 3:32 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Fish crow > > On top of utility pole at Island Fitness. > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
