[wisb] Ospreys and other birds

From: Hilary Ford <khilaryf@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Doorcobirding <doorcobirding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 14:35:48 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks to Bill Hartman for directions I birded Three Springs and North Bay 
today, stopping first at the Osprey nest just south of Ellison Bay in the 
communication tower.  We had noticed birds there all summer and thought the 
young would be long fledged but I parked under the tower and could hear the 
young through the car window.  An adult came and landed on the nest - I could 
not see whether she dropped food, but the young continued to be noisy and the 
adult flew to another tower and rested on a platform with her wings spread as 
if to dry them.  All the time I was there the young were loud but not obvious 
so I left.  My questiion is that looking at the Breeding Bird Atlas the young 
should have fledged in July and left by August on their migration south.  Is 
this a second brood after maybe a failed first?  Anyone out there knows?
Three Springs had many cars so I omitted to take my scope down the longish 
trail thinking other birders were there!  Wrong - it was a photography class 
from the Clearing!  So I sat and waited by the marsh for the crowd to leave 
hoping the Bittern would appear, being entertained by a pair of Solitary 
Sandpipers - my first of the year!  Also hoping a Kingfisher might as I have 
zipped on those too.  After about an hour and a walk along the edge of the 
Marsh I zipped on the Bittern and went to North Bay.   Four Sandhills flew over 
but didn't like the crowd and a Redstart refused to come to pishing but I saw 
one on the trail-way out.

At North Bay the Great Egret was observed before it ambled further around the 
bay into reeds to not be seen and a Little Green Heron got up and moved from 
near me.  I stayed a while and  a gentleman came and sat beside me who was 
acquainted with a family that lived just north of us in Walworth as his wife 
was their mother's sister!  Small world - he lives north of Napa where our 
daughter lives too.  It was a beautiful day to bird - just wished there were 
more around or that I could find them more easily.

While in Walworth last week taking our grandchildren back there were Pine 
Siskins on the feeders mixed in with the Goldfinches/

Hilary Ford, Ellison Bay


      
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