Re: [cayugabirds-l] Return of Ospreys

2024-03-15 Thread Candace E. Cornell
Wonderful news!. The Cayuga Lake Ospreys are back! I sensed they'd be back early, but March 13 beats the March 15 record. The warm local weather is causing the phenology of our fauna and flora to be wonky. I hope the Osprey can find enough fish to eat until the fish migrate to the upper levels of

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Return of Ospreys

2024-03-15 Thread Dave Nutter
Links to photos: Dave Kennedy’s eBird report & photo of 5&20 Osprey: https://ebird.org/checklist/S164885403 My eBird report & photos of Union Springs Osprey: https://ebird.org/checklist/S164927513 Photos with phone through binoculars & car windshield & window. Ann Mitchell & I also found anothe

[cayugabirds-l] Return of Ospreys

2024-03-15 Thread Dave Nutter
For a few weeks now, folks at Allan H Treman State Marine Park at the SW corner of Cayuga Lake, where I often walk and go birding, have been asking me, “When will the Ospreys come back?” I say I expect them around the last week of March, but it depends on when they decide to leave the Caribbean

[cayugabirds-l] Free Purple Martin gourd setup

2024-03-15 Thread Sherwood Snyder
Hello! I officially give up after not attracting any Martins for 8 years. Up for grabs is the basic gourd starter set from the Purple Martin Conservation Association. Each of the 6 gourds has a vent hole, a porch, and an owl guard added. It was a 12-gourd set but I have stolen 6 gourds because