Date: 4/14/26 4:37 pm From: Dave Nutter (via CAYUGABIRDS-L list) <CAYUGABIRDS-L...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Ospreys build nest in tree
Today I saw something new to me: Ospreys nesting in a tree instead of on a platform or the crossbars of a utility pole. The text part of my eBird report is below. If you click the link, I believe you can see the 2 photos I included. One photo shows the row of Cottonwoods with the nest branch stretching out to the left, appearing to be over Cass Park's north bathroom building, although the building is actually farther away. And there's a photo through my scope showing the 2 Ospreys and their work so far. I'm not super confident this site will work. The access flying to & from the nest seems to be limited, mainly to the south rather than all directions, which I thought Ospreys prefer. And it looks like there are some vertical twigs or suckers which may be closer than the Ospreys would like. We'll see. For now it looks like a new generation is trying a new (or old) type of place to live.
- - Dave Nutter
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> Date: April 14, 2026 at 6:18:22 PM EDT
> To: <nutter.dave...>
> Subject: eBird Report - NY:TOM:Ithaca: Cass Pk NE of Rink, Apr 14, 2026
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> NY:TOM:Ithaca: Cass Pk NE of Rink, Tompkins, New York, US
> Apr 14, 2026 3:24 PM
> Protocol: Incidental
> Checklist Comments: Biked. Discovered this Osprey nest earlier as I entered AHTremanSMP at N end of Runway.
> 1 species
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> Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 2 First tree-nest of Ospreys I’ve seen. 2 adult Ospreys at new-to-me nest about 3/5 up in Cottonwood (toward N end of row of 8 at end of Cove Ln) just S of bathroom building NE of the rink. 1 Osprey bringing sticks, including a stick apparently grabbed from the ground. The nest location is very close to the location pin for this eBird report. Best viewed, I think, looking NE from parking area alongside Runway Ln, N of the rink, where I took the photos.
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> View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S321738399 >
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
