Hi,
Prothonotaries were observed & photographed carrying food to
peeping nestlings at a nest site in a cavity in a dead tree that arced
over the Canal, just south of this same bridge, in the early 1990's.*
They continued to nest there for two or three years, until the tree fell
into the water one winter. If they continued after that, I am not aware
of anyone locating the nesting site. Given that much of the land north
of Armitage at this point is not real accessible (and not public land),
perhaps they nested at last some other years since then, undetected by
birders? Seems like over the years there have continued to be
occasional reports of Prothonotaries in the general area.
Alicia
* Fred - didn't you photograph these birds???
On 5/30/2011 9:59 PM, Kenneth Victor Rosenberg wrote:
> I should add that we did observe the north-side male entering a cavity
> in a rotted stump about 30 ft. in from the road (and sing from the top
> of this snag), so they are definitely /thinking/ about breeding -- of
> course it will take a prospecting female to make this happen.
>
>
> Ken Rosenberg
> Director of Conservation Science
> Cornell Lab of Ornithology
> 607-254-2412
> 607-342-4594 (cell)
> k...@cornell.edu <mailto:k...@cornell.edu>
>
> On May 30, 2011, at 9:33 PM, Julie Bertram wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Today at 11:00AM the Protonotarys were about 300 feet west of the
>> bridge on the north side. At times they would come to within 15 feet of
>> the road.
>>
>> Fred Bertram
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