I'm counting 22 wood ducks in the pond at Stewart Park, including 10
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Yesterday (Sat) afternoon I was at Stewart Park watching a flock of
~40 brants circle and eventually land and settle in just beyond the
canadas.
Suddenly, seemingly at an untold signal, the canadas shifted into a
state of itchiness, flapping their wings frequently, scratching
frantically,
Thanks for the alert, Dave, without which I would not have kept my eyes to the
sky and sighted the eight or so nighthawks working over my place in Commonlands
this evening at 7:30, a couple low enough to discern the white wing patch with
the naked eye. They presently made their way SE, more or
Today, 16 diehard SFOers took part in the full-day trip to Arnot Forest.
Arriving at Greensprings Cemetary as the first drizzles started to fall, the
feeders hosted a number of wet rose-breasted grosbeaks (both MF), some
white-crowned sparrows on the ground, and female purple finches for good
It was a great two days of birding for SFO overnight group 1, seeing many of
the highlights already described. Sighting I don't remember seeing already
mentioned are a male purple martin at the MAC today at noon, and Saturday
morning's first stop at the marina with a female goldeneye reasonably
I don't recall anyone reporting this, but I was surprised to find that the owl
tree in Renwick woods is down. You can follow the trunk to a cavity (possibly
the nest hole) now a sorry looking flooded basin.
Before making this sad discovery, upon entering the woods from the north, I was
I drove to Salt Point around 2pm, parked at the northernmost gravel loop and
was surprised to see a N Shrike at the tip of a bush by the water's edge some
30 feet away. I should've driven away and parked elsewhere, instead, my egress
from the car caused it to fly down to the next bush
Checked out the hole at Sweazey Road at 2pm, no screech owl, but when I first
approached I thought I saw the corner of some being peek out the hole then
disappear back into the depths. I waited around for a few minutes but it did
not reemerge. So, to the question of where else the owl may be
A vesper sparrow was still across from Freese Road late this morning, flushing
up to the lone tree for good looks by SFO groups 1 and 2, rufous shoulder and
all. As our group approached the tree, we flushed a snipe from about 10 feet
away, who flew a good distance away and melted into the
An osprey is perched on the platform at Treman/Hog's Hole right now, preening
itself. There are a few twigs on the platform, though I don't know if they were
put there by bird or human.
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I've been sitting the last hour here in the cemetary, watching a (presumably)
female merlin hanging out on the highest naked snag atop a pine, calling
regularly and making frequent flycatcher-style forays. Then, a moment ago, a
slightly different call signaled the arrival of a (presumably) male
Mark:
Before meeting the group, I spent 45 minutes birding alone on the west side
of the preserve, near the West Danby fire station. The surpassing highlight
here was an active GREAT BLUE HERON nest above the pond, which the Land Trust
owns, next to the fire house.
After the walk a few of
At 6:20 as I paddled up the inlet I heard a yellow-throated vireo sing from
just north of the Treman marina in the woods by the water. The song was just
off enough that I lamented having forgotten my binoculars, but thankfully this
individual was kind enough to come close for a great naked-eye
This evening I biked down to the golf course where for the first time in some
four or so attempts I heard then saw one yellow-throated warbler, in the
sycamores around tee 3 next to the fire training area. That little guy was hard
to spot, but gave good looks when found. While waiting for it to
Here's a delayed report on a noteworthy visit to Van Dyne Spoor last Sunday at
noon (after an unremarkable drive up the east shore of the lake*). The field
south of the spoor has grown to be a lush wetland habitat - which is to say,
poor viewing due to dense vegetation. The one open area is the
Leading a bunch of kids on a walk this morning, just south of the Podell
Boardwalk I heard the loud insistent chick-bing of a scarlet tanager, and
was surprised when the brilliant male bird came down low and close enough for
great naked-eye looks by most of the kids. It eventually moved a
Late this morning I visited the Von Engeln preserve in Malloryville for the
first time. Neat place. While standing at the kiosk a question mark butterfly
landed on my fingertip and fed for a good two minutes. A good omen, I thought.
Alas my two hands were clasped together at the time, and when
The forested portions of SSW were full of mosquitoes and other biting things
this morning; looking to run away from them I ended up at Summerhill on Hoag
Road - still full of bugs but at least somewhat manageable on the road. The
first two minutes were most eventful: a winter wren serenading
Yesterday (Saturday) morning I joined the Montezuma Alliance for the
Restoration of Species Habitat (MARSH*) volunteer group to pull out invasive
frogbit from Tschache Pool. The part of the pool we worked, far to the north of
the lookout tower and off-limits to the public, was very birdy in
I stopped by Mud Lock this morning at 8:30 for a casual scan. Across the
channel was presumably one of the scaup that has been reported all summer,
hanging out interestingly with a cormorant. When I took a closer look, however,
I was perplexed. This scaup had femalish colors: brown head, yellow
Outside my window at Commonland the cottonwood and sycamore hosted a small
mixed flock including a PHILADELPHIA VIREO and NASHVILLE WARBLER and a couple
more flitting too quickly and dressed too confusingly to be ID'ed by my
half-asleep self. Later a strange sparrow sunned itself for a while
Last Sunday's morning walk around SSW had a couple of interesting birds in
retrospect.
First, from the Sherwood platform we heard a few repeated fweeps of a Great
Crested Flycatcher. eBird wanted a confirmation, which reminded me of the CBC
trip earlier this spring to Bear Swamp where we also
At 4:45 as I drove south along Tripphammer past the mall I noticed a medium
sized raptor perched on snags across from the car wash. I pulled into the car
wash and with my binoculars ID'ed it as a merlin (bluish-gray back, weak
mustache). When I switched from binoculars to camera it flew away.
A lone tundra swan is hanging out at Stewart park near the dock.
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A redtail hawk was sitting (brooding?) on the nest visible from the Stewart Ave
bridge over Fall Creek, on the northside cliff looking east (upstream). This
has got to be one of the most incredible nest vantages anywhere, ever.
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Jealous or recent skydance reports but too lazy to drive up to the airport, I
decided to try closer to home and walked to the big fields south and east of
the hawthorn orchards. A small flock of American tree sparrows were the only
noteworthy sightings as I waited in the twilight. At 8pm when
FOY eastern phoebe at Renwick Woods, foraging silently in a tree by Fall Creek.
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Google Glasses are the answer.
Check out Eagle Optics' new Wild Turkey binoculars, just introduced on Monday:
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Saw my FOY female red-winged blackbird this morning at Commonland.
The 100+ ring-necked ducks that were still at the second dam yesterday morning
were gone this morning.
Saw my FOY sapsucker yesterday near the Giles St footbridge - a brilliant male,
yellow belly and all.
Suan
PS It would be
I had some spare time before pickup hockey at The Rink, so I decided to take an
evening walk in the Edwards Lake Cliffs preserve, not really expecting to see
anything special. To my surprise a loud peent emanated from the brush next to
one of the small open areas, and continued while I tried to
Our group had similar sightings to Bob's (sans grebes), plus: foraging
mockingbird at Myers; from the bluffs approaching Aurora from Long Point,
tree+barn+NRW swallows, a goldeneye couple, and a large
nearly-all-white-looking Glaucous gull first found sleeping by Dave Nutter,
later flushed
To help plan our trip around the forecast strong south winds with possible
rain, I checked the satellite last night and found the entire national map
aglow with migration - actually, starting south of the PA boundary - and by
this morning it seemed that a new crew had arrived.
We started the
Our SFO group heard the beautiful song of a winter wren this morning at Monkey
Run South (along the muddy SW loop trail). I heard one/it yesterday also, but
it was abbreviated and sufficiently off that I wasn't 100% sure that's what I
heard. Other notable sightings there include a pair of
FOY louisiana waterthrush is/are singing from two spots along six-mile creek -
may or may not be the same bird.
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Black and white warbler singing and foraging in the trees around the Mulholland
parking lot, heard then found with Stuart K.
Also FOY blue-headed vireos deeper in the woods and up by the second dam, where
four ring-necked ducks (3m 1f) continue to linger. Very birdy morning.
Suan
FOY blue-gray gnatcatcher briefly chased a ruby-crowned kinglet for a good
comparison of small eye-ringed flitters. Almost certain that a second
individual was about. This is in the eastern end of the woods, near the stone
arch. A downed tree and some flooding makes trail conditions less than
This morning's SSW walk saw a yellow palm warbler on the island from the
pergola (along with two yellow-rumpeds). Later, in the woods, was a large flock
of rusty blackbirds, conservatively 50, possibly 100+, subflocks continuously
emerging previously unseen from depressions in the woods.
At the Stewart Avenue bridge over Fall Creek the red-tailed hawk was feeding a
lone chick this evening. Initially there looked to be two furry blobs, but one
of them turned out to be a squirrel. A passerby who checks out the nest when he
walks by every day said this was the first time he'd seen
Steve Fast wrote:
Excellent. That would be Trail Y-1 in the area of a blowdown a number of
years ago. Canada warblers and winter wrens should be there also.
Winter wren was there, singing and popping up briefly to be seen by some of the
~20 participants of today's CBC field trip. Some also
At Geotchius this afternoon were at least six not-so-SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, and
no spotteds that I could find.
Also, it seems the song sparrows there have a bit of a RWBB* accent,
incorporating some konkeree in their songs.
Did not reliably hear any meadowlarks (still haven't at all this year -
The yellow-throated vireo was singing at Lindsay-Parsons this morning, same
area as last year, by the next-to-last open area before the blue trail crossed
the woods to the railway tracks - as heard by our SFO group this morning,
although only seen poorly and briefly by one student (as a yellow
My addition to the hawthorn reports is a (the?) yellow-throated vireo which
sang from a tall tree across the recway from the SW entrance, flying a couple
times but not staying put long enough to get my binoculars on it before flying
off.
Also a green heron calling from the small pond.
I saw a
Becky Hansen and I are looking at a Swainson's Trush at SSW Hoyt Pileated trail
a little west of the junction to the north exit to the power cut.
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I'm looking now, without binoculars, at a pileated woodpecker sticking its head
out from the hole described below. Can't tell without binos if it's a young or
a roosting adult.
Suan
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At the Mullholland wildflower preserve,
Just had at least six nighthawks foraging over Commonland (East Hill/Six-Mile
Creek), moving to the southeast. After retrieving my binoculars from the house,
they were gone.
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Randomly decided to walk the Larch Meadows trail at Buttermilk Falls, a
pleasant trail except for the persistent noise from Route 13. Ran into a nice
mixed flock including Nashville, BTGreen, BTBlue, Chestnut-sided,
Black-and-white, and possible Parula. Pewees were active and feeding young.
Around noon today I checked out Kingsbury Woods conservation area on Jersey
Hill Road. While listening to the radio in the car a Nashville Warbler came
down to forage in the bushes right in front of the car, ID-able with the naked
eye. A good omen, I thought, along with the yodeling pileateds
My Christmas day tour of some recent snowy owl spots - Ovid, Aunkst, Martin,
Potatoes - found none, though there was a nice gathering of birders at the
Potatoes building braving the cold together.
In the Union Springs Mill Pond were two swans with yellow wing tags (K33, A21)
as has been
The Short Eared Owls put on a good show this afternoon in the field around the
Long Point winery, with one of the birds favoring a vineyard post as a perch
(the NW-most post, occasionally the SW one). The clear skies and low sun made
for great photography conditions with the birds getting
Indian Field Poplar Ridge intersection, about 50 yds south of intersection
looking east, about 100 yds out.
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Closer view from Poplar Ridge just as it descends, not the greatest spot to
pull over.
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Indian Field Poplar Ridge intersection, about 50 yds south of intersection
looking east
Two winter wrens are countersinging at Mulholland/Six-Mile Creek, just past the
first bend.
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Enormous gathering (~10k if not ~100k) of snow geese in the mucklands of
Savannah, SE and SW of the Potatoes building. Not terribly close to the road,
but close enough during a big repositioning event to just make you stare in
awe. With them are many swans, and a good sized flock of pintails
Two new yard birds for me this morning in Commonland: a winter wren singing
rather loudly (thus presumed close) outside my window which faces the woods,
and a purple finch heard singing while a female sat feeding on sycamore seeds.
A red-breasted nuthatch had been a feeder regular for a couple
Sitting high on a tree behind 140 Giles, just off Hudson.
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So I was eating lunch at Stewart Park in the beautiful weather, casually
watching lesser scaups and redheads loafing about as close to shore as I've
ever seen, and a muskrat swimming past even closer. I picked up my binoculars
to get a closer look at the muskrat, and instead saw a duck!
Over the weekend I pulled over by those soccer fields but found no sign of a
nest.
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I think someone, probably Chris Tessaglia-Hymes reported seeing an Osprey
carrying
At this morning's bird walk at the arboretum, our group of 10 found a yellow
palm warbler foraging in the leaf litter by the pond south of the bridge, while
a yellow-rumped hung around chasing off goldfinches. Up among the pines we
found two pine warblers, one breeding male singing proudly, a
Saw a black and white warbler in the Mulholland wildflower preserve this
morning, accompanied by a backlit plain-colored warblerish friend I wasn't able
to see clearly but am guessing was a blue-headed vireo, which was heard singing
elsewhere in the woods. In the (presumed) redtail nest atop
Decided to go for a morning walk through the Hawthorn orchards hoping to find
some new arrivals from last night's apparent big movement. Plenty of RC
Kinglets and Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers and #foy4me Brown Thrashers (very vocal and
giving great looks), but nothing new until a loud fweep and some
Just spent the last few minutes being entertained by the foraging antics of a
black-and-white warbler working the trees outside my window, close enough to
see its beautifully checkered undertail coverts. Earlier this morning I had a
fleeting look at what I'm pretty sure was a male
Two ibises at MNWR visitor center, looking WNW into the wind, on far bank with
Canada geese.
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Just had two (possibly three) chestnut-sided warblers working the catkins
outside my window (I'm embarrassed to still not know what trees they are, and
will have to find out when/if they leaf out). If the narrative is to be
believed, this means I've seen more chestnut-sided warblers from the
... are among the foy4me warblers in the trees between Commonland and second
dam that arrested my attempt to walk to work after getting off my couch. Should
be a good hawthorn day if anyone can make it.
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Backlit and high in the low predawn light, but I'm pretty sure I saw the
unmistakeable half-and-half facial pattern on a blackpoll warbler, hung out
briefly with a btgreen and a third bird I couldn't get on. New couch bird.
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Virginia rail kiddicking in the cattails across the footbridge/structure of the
pond. Bird walk starts in 7 minutes :-)
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Don't remember it having been reported, but a red-headed woodpecker is back at
Mays Point, excavating a cavity towards the west side of the snag stands east
of Mays Point Pool, 20 feet from the road, great viewing angle. Look for a
barkless tree with a 2-foot-high girdle of bark about 20 feet
Got home late last night and forgot to mention that we got an orange-crowned
warbler yesterday evening at esker brook trail, the northernmost bend of the
trail, in a low mixed foraging group that included cape may (should we declare
May 10 Cape May Day? :-), btgreen, nashville, etc. A/the?
With one of this morning's SFO local group, I saw what I'm pretty sure was a
Swainson's Thrush (tawny spectacles) along the connector trail from
Hoyt-Pileated, the one that isn't the power cut. Only had a brief look before I
could get anyone else on it and got distracted by a much more
During this morning's Kids Discover the Trails walk, one of the kids spotted a
woodcock some ten feet off the trail (a short distance from the split in Wilson
trail north, opposite end from the footbridge). It sat motionless like a large
strange mushroom, then relieved itself and scuttled into
After this morning's well-attended spring bird quest at the McIlroy bird
sanctuary (highlights for me included a pair of close low Blackburnians and a
singing Magnolia along with alder flycatchers and other expected species), I
pulled over with Rick L by the Branch Road bridge over Lake Como to
Had a prothonotary warbler this morning at Connecticut Hill, near the
intersection of Boylan, Lloyd Starks, and Connecticut Hill Roads. SSW of that
intersection is a pond with a beaver dam at the south end, and the bird was
singing from a willow across the pond. It is accessible via some
Seven of us explored Connecticut Hill this morning for the CBC field trip. No
prothonotary, nor in fact any of the highlights from scouting (I should stop
scouting before trips, as they always seem to find more stuff than the actual
trip :-). But we did get good scope looks at a cooperative
Finally had a chance to stake out the pileated nest hole at Mulholland this
morning, alas there was no activity, though I did hear two bouts of
not-too-distant yodeling. 'til next year, then...
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This morning as I biked up Lois Lane in Commonland, the southern corner of Lois
and Penny hosted a cacophony of bird noises, mostly goldfinchy, but in their
midst I'm pretty sure I heard one spaceship taking off (prairie warbler).
Sorry for the late report; the should've been pleasant bike ride
Decided to bike Michigan Hollow today. Where the FLT crosses the road, I heard
a red-shouldered hawk (which I'd filed in my mind as sounding like a repeating
sapsucker), and looked up to see... an osprey? Puzzled, I kept looking and soon
two red-shouldered hawks swooped by to harass the osprey.
There's a storm arriving in a couple hours (if not less), and some wind right
now that may get strong. Read the south wind guidelines if you want to come.
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There's a storm arriving in a couple hours (if not less), and some wind right
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My decision to let the little garden patch outside my picture window turn
into a tangle of overgrown goldenrod just yielded a young male yellowthroat
foraging close, to within two feet of me. Quite a treat to watch.
Yesterday morning's walk at Sapsucker Woods found a Wilson's warbler and yellow
Morning bird walk was very productive. Big tree by the Owens platform junction
had Blackburnian, BTGreen, and Wilson's warblers.
At the Sherwood platform, I was surprised to hear a few bouts of winter wren
song coming from the bushes to the north.
Many other singers: chickadees, yellowthroat and
Lots of fox sparrows at lindsay parsons today, along with am tree sparrows,
robins, etc.
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The night was colder than I realized and Eaton Marsh is now the Easton Ice
Rink, with a few loafing gulls and, interestingly, three dunlins working some
small open areas. I can hear yellowlegs tew-tew-tewing but none in sight. Duck
variety is good in the main pool with a line of swans on the
During this morning's walk around sapsucker woods, I heard an unfamiliar chip
in several locations along the wilson trail, a nasal call reminiscent of
red-bellied woodpecker but higher pitched and coming from the brush. Eventually
one of the callers popped up by the Charlie Harper bench showing
At 11am a friend reported a flock of snow geese landing in the field south of
water wagon road in lansing.
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Screech owl was present at Slaterville Springs gas station this afternoon at
3:30, was absent at 9:30am. No cel reception there, apparently.
Yesterday only one person (Eva) joined me on the CBC field trip, which ended up
going around the lake. Highlights include Iceland gulls at East Shore amid
My evening walk to Jetty Woods from the suspension bridges was greeted by one
bout of pewee song, two bouts of phoebe, and one killdeer. I assume all were
starlings who were quite talkative in the pleasant lull between winds. Didn't
check out the lakeshore from Stewart Park, alas.
Suan
At 7:45 this evening I was surprised to hear several loud peents in the small
open area along the trail off of Penny Lane before entering the woods towards
the second dam overlook. Have never heard woodcocks here before in my 7 years
living here.
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I was in the area today (before reading this message) on Michigan Hollow road,
and at one point heard a sequence of three broad-wing squeals. They fit in
nicely between several blue jay vocalizations, from roughly the same direction,
so without visual confirmation, and given the early (?) date,
On Mar 29, 2015, at 6:59 PM, Glenn Wilson wil...@stny.rr.com wrote:
Is the Red-throated Loon at Treman Park in winter plumage?
Yes. Ridiculous closeups from this afternoon:
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After my report this morning, I was told that a boat came
Our SFO group saw from Jetty Woods across the inlet a/the RED-THROATED LOON
fishing just off the mouth of the Treman Marina, very close, along with a nice
assortment of waterfowl (including a lone snow goose in very bad shape: injured
back and bill). A/the BONAPARTE'S GULL continues in the
After visiting the Kime/Yellow Tavern snowy, I drove by Yale Farm Road where I
saw another snowy just east of McGrane, on a water tank on the south side of
the road.
Also scared off a rough legged from a power post on Yale Farm.
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Yesterday afternoon I stopped by the Stewart Avenue bridge over Fall Creek to
check out the redtail nest, which was occupied by one brooding red-tailed hawk.
One week ago, there was no bird but plenty of fresh evergreen boughs (spruce?).
Looking east (upstream), it is along the north cliff.
At
A morning walk around Lindsay Parsons yielded many field sparrows, at least two
prairie warblers, seemingly ubiquitous singing from invisible towhees and
black-and-white warblers. An adult bald eagle sat on a branch over the northern
side of Coleman Lake, unfazed by my presence. Approaching the
This evening at 8:30 (as I jogged home on the final leg of my long commute
from Malaysia), I heard loud peents in the small clearing along the trail from
Penny Lane to the second dam. I stood and waited, and soon could hear the
fluttering skydance move around a fairly wide area before
Since I was in the area, I decided to take an evening stroll through Yellow
Barn State Forest, from Yellow Barn Road to Tehan Road. First bird I saw was a
Blackburnian - a propitious first bird - one of two countersinging high in the
trees. Other warblers include redstart, black-throated blue,
So far blackpoll, magnolia, parula, chestnut-sided, nashville, many many
tennessees, bay-breasted. Others have seen blackburnian, and others I forget.
Much better than yesterday's SFO visit (where we did at least see hooded and
bw).
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Surprise bird this morning in the forest edge around my cluster at Commonland
was a silent yellow-billed cuckoo, first I've seen here. Less surprising
highlights include blackburnians, bay-breasted, and chestnut-sided.
Inspired by Meena's post, I bought a spectrogram app and with the Blue Mike
After this morning's half-day SFO visit to Arnot (highlighted by a good number
of scope warblers), I stuck around Greensprings Cemetary to photograph
bobolinks, and presently witnessed three black-billed cuckoos involved in a
chase (presumably 2 males with a female observer) around the same
I was at RH Treman SP Sunday afternoon watching a northern rough-winged swallow
fly in and out of one of the holes in the stone wall holding up the changing
room plateau, just downstream from the swimming area. Last year there was an
occupied hole high in the wall, just a few feet from the top
There is a newish cedar waxwing nest just outside the lab of o main entrance,
above the earlier active robin nest, directly across from the building ledge
with the mourning dove nest (that was built on top of an old robin nest). The
CEDW nest was undergoing finishing touches last Tuesday (not
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