Date: 3/26/26 6:11 pm From: Dave Nutter (via CAYUGABIRDS-L list) <CAYUGABIRDS-L...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Osprey nests more occupied at S end of Cayuga L; and a correction
This morning (26 March) the nest in Union Fields in Cass Park had not just 1 but 2 Ospreys standing in it. I hope it was the female I saw enjoying a fish provided by the male while he watched.
Also this morning the nest next to Cayuga Inlet at the NW corner of Newman Golf Course had 2 Ospreys standing in it, the first time this year I've seen any Osprey even nearby.
This afternoon the nest next to Fall Creek on the E side of Newman Golf Course opposite the SW corner of Stewart Park continued to have sticks brought at least twice by an Osprey who otherwise did not spend much time on the nest while I was watching.
And at the NE corner of Stewart Park this afternoon an Osprey stood on the platform beside the nest. This is the first time this year I've seen any Osprey near this nest.
I have not seen any Ospreys near the nest on the north side of the Lagoon at Stewart Park, although admittedly I tend to spend most of my time in other parts of the park and looking the opposite direction.
Thank you to Candace Cornell for correcting a misimpression of mine. While I still think Paul Paradine deserves plenty of credit for putting up nest platforms for NYSEG, he did not start the program, he inherited it after lots of work had been done by Paul Batz. To me, this is good news that there was institutional continuity. She wrote:
> Actually, during the preceding decade, NYSEG forester Paul Batz and his crew erected quite a few platforms around the lake, especially in the northern part of Cayuga Lake. When Mr. Batz retired, Paul Paradine and his crew carried on Batz' work and orchestrated the building of numerous platforms at the southern half of the lake.
It took several generations of Ospreys for them to spread the length of the lake. It is wonderful that these crews kept helping more birds as years passed.
