And possibly using a well-known crow's nest...that is the 2014 nest of our oldest known female crow MP--18 years old this spring and trying to nest nearby.
Merlin pair courting and copulating and preening beside each other--observed today, April 3 2015, at the corner of Christopher La. and the E leg of Christopher Circle, trees behind 100 Christopher La. A pair (same?) was observed at about the same time last year, at the corner of Warren and Christopher La. They made repeated forays at MP on her first 2014 nest. Her nest ultimately "failed" at about 20 da after hatching. I am not laying any blame, but just saying that they may have thought it was a good nest at the time. Today I did not actually see them in the old nest, but the nest isn't very visible, in the top of the larger, fuller of two white pines. And my impression is that she is not incubating. Crow MP and her mate appear to be nesting farther S in the circle, probably in the spruces mid-circle. But I have not found it yet. Anne Clark -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
